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MAP     X 

OF  THE  ' 

PRESBYTERY  OF  KANSAS  CITY 

Skouiuig also  (in ltiiii<i)CiurcJits  belonging  ro  IJie  present 
PRESBYTERY    OF    LArAYETTE 
1»01 

Z  xtinct    CAurt/iey     to.    vAre.tth  em 


THE 

PRESBYTERY   OF    KANSAS    CITY 

AND    ITS    PREDECESSORS 

1821  =  1901 


HISTORICAL    SKETCHES 

AND 
STATISTICAL    MATTER 


BY 

V 

JOHN    B.    HILL 


PUBLISHED  BY  THE  PRE8BYTEKY  OF  KANSAS  CITY, 
PRESBYTERIAN  CHTTRfUl  IN  THE  UNITED  STATES  OF  AMERICA 


KANSAS  CMTY: 

The  Burp  &  FiETniER  Printino  Go. 

1901. 


PREFACE. 

Eighty  years  0/  exceedingly  varied  ecclesiastical  history  are  herein 
reviewed.  The  period  covered,  though  not  longer  than  that  of  mam 
lives  still  vigorous,  extends  from  the  earliest  establishment  of  Foreign 
Mission  work  among  the  aboriginal  inhabitants,  through  the  exciting 
decades  of  frontier  settlement,  of  ecclesiastical  and  civil  strife,  and  of 
reconstruction  in  Church  and  State,  well  into  the  present  era  of  peace 
and  prosperity. 

The  writing  of  this  book  was  by  no  means  a  self-appointed  task. 
No  instructions  accompanied  the  unexpected  announcement  of  the 
writer  as  the  chairman  of  a  newly  formed  Committee  on  Presbyterial 
History.  Supposing,  however,  that  every  Committee  is  appointed 
for  work,  the  effort  to  collect  materials  of  every  sort  bearing  upon  the 
history  of  this  Presbytery  and  vicinity  was  immediately  begun. 
Printed  blanks  were  sent  out  asking  for  such  statistical  data  as  found 
in  pp.  45-73  and  82-95.  All  discoverable  Minutes  of  the  present  Pres- 
bytery and  of  its  predecessors  were  next  carefully  read  and  indexed, 
and  the  remaining  portions  of  the  Chronological  Register  prepared. 
An  unsuccessful  effort  was  then  made  to  have  the  Register  published 
and  the  Committee  discharged.  Instead  of  that,  it  was  decided  to 
publish  a  Presbyterial  History,  which  should  include  the  Register  and 
also  historical  sketches,  a  map  and  illustrations.  The  result  is  here- 
with submitted.  The  effort  to  secure  full  illustration  having  failed, 
no  illustrations  are  included  except  those  of  a  few  of  the  more  promi- 
nent of  the  deceased  ministers. 

In  the  preparation  of  \h\^  work  nnicli  help  has  been  obtained  from 


the  historical  materials  collected  by  my  father,  Dr.  Timothy  Hill,  from 
occasional  sketches  published  by  him  in  the  religious  press,  from  the 
Annals  of  Kansas  City  Presbytery  by  Dr.  John  H.  Miller,  and  from 
the  Reminiscences  of  the  Presbytery  of  Lafayette  by  Dr  George  Miller, 
the  last  two  of  which  were  published  in  pamphlet  form  by  the  Pres- 
bytery in  1888.  The  very  large  use  of  quotation  marks  made  through- 
out the  present  work  only  partially  shows  the  pains  taken  to  secure 
competent  and  contemporary  information  upon  every  subject  treated. 
Such  information  has  been  freely  used,  wherever  found,  the  effort  be- 
ing more  especially  to  trace  beginnings  than  to  detail  routine  progress. 
The  failure  of  repeated  ecorts  to  obtain  such  information  explains 
the  meagerness  or  omission  of  certain  sketches  which  deserve  full  treat- 
ment. 

Quite  to  the  writer's  surprise,  comparatively  little  of  the  data 
for  this  book  has  been  furnished  by  ministers  and  churches.  The 
history  is  therefore  far  more  an  external  history  than  was  expected 
or  desired.  The  work  of  the  church  membership  and  of  its  internal 
organizations  could  not  be  adequately  presented  by  any  single  writer. 
At  the  writer's  urgent  request,  editorial  and  other  Committees  have 
been  appointed  from  time  to  time  to  assist  in  the  work,  eacTi  of  which 
has  reminded  him  of  those  parishioners,  so  familiar  to  every  Pastor, 
who  excuse  their  showing  him  the  tops  of  the  heads  instead  of  thoir 
faces  by  saying  that  they  have  perfect  confidence  that  whatever  he 
does  will  be  all  right  without  their  watching.  It  is  hoped  that  the 
Presbytery's  vote  to  publish  this  work  will  not  prove  an  altogether 
disappointing  acceptance  of  a  cat  in  a  bag. 

That  this  publication  may,  in  some  way,  lead  to  a  wider  inter- 
est in  the  beginnings  of  Church  life  in  the  West,  to  a  better  under- 
standing of  its  present  conditions  and  needs,  and  to  the  publication  of 
similar  histories  more  adequately  prepared  than  this  could  be,  is  the 
sincere  desire  and  prayer  of 

John  B.  Hill. 

Kansas  City,  Mo.,  September,  1901. 


CONTENTS. 

PAGB 

MAP  OF  THE  PRESBYTERY  Frontispiece 

PREFACE    3 

Contents   5 

PART  I.    INTRODUCTION. 

1.     PRESBYTERIANISM  IN  MISSOURI   9 

1 .  Beginnings  in  Missouri 10 

2.  Growth  and  Subdivision    12 

3.  Controversies  and  Re-adjustments 15 

II.     ECCLESIASTICAL  RECORDS    18-23 

1.  The  Making  of  Church  History 19 

2.  The  Recording  of  Church  History    20 

3.  The  Writing  of  Church  History   22 

PART  II.     CHRONOLOGICAL  REGISTER. 

1.  Meeting  and  Ollicers  25 

2.  Pastorates    30 

3.  Permanent  Committees   3G 

4.  Commissioners  to  the  General   Assembly    40 

5.  Statistical   Reports    44 

1 1.     MINISTERIAL  REGISTER    45-81 

L     Biographical  Data 45 

2.  Dates  of  Ordination    73 

3.  Nativity    75 

4.  College  Alumni   76 

5.  Seminary  Alumni    78 

G.     Candidates  and  Licentiates   80 

III.     CHURCH  REGISTER 82-99 

1.  Name. 

2.  County. 

3.  Date  and  Committee  of  Organization. 

4.  Presbyterial  Connection. 

5.  Buildings. 

G.     Stated  Supplies  and  Pastors. 

7.  Groupings    96 

8.  Communicants  Reported  98 


CONTENTS. 

PART  III.     SKETCHES. 

r.\(iE 
I.     SKETCHES  OF  PRESBYTERIES   100-113 

1.  Harmony  Mission  and  the  First  Presbytery  of  Osage 100 

2.  Presbytery  of  Missouri,  1817-1844  236 

3.  Presbytery  of  Upper  Missouri,  1844-1857   104 

4.  Presbytery  of  Lafayette,   1857-1870    105 

5.  New  School  Work  After  the  Civil  War 110 

6.  Presbyteries  since  the  Reunion Ill 

II.     SKETCHES  OF  MINISTERS    114-228 

1.  Introduction  to  the  Sketches 114 

2.  Poem  by  Dr.  H.  D.  Ganae 115 

3.  Sketches  of  Former  Ministers,  arranged  alphabetically 11  Off 

III.     SKETCHES  OF  CHURCHES   229  328 

Arranged  Alphabetically. 

PART  IV.     INDEXES. 

I.     INDEX  OF  CHURCHES   329 

11.     INDEX  OF  MINISTERS  331 


CONTENTS. 


PART  V.     ILLUSTRATIONS. 

PAGE 

MAP   Frontispiece 

WILLIAM  M.  CHEEVER to  face  page  134 


SETH  G.  CLARK   

GEORGE  P.   HAYS    ..  .  .  . 

TIMOTHY  HILL 

ROBERT  IRWIN 

GEORGE  MILLER 

Vv^ILLIAM  C.  REQUA  .  .  .  . 
ROBERT  S.  SYMINGTON 
ALEXANDER  WALKER 
JOHN   L.    YANTIS    


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INTRODUCTION, 


PRESBYTERIAXISM  IN  MISSOURI.* 

BY  REV.  JOHN  B.  HILL, 
Permanent  Clerk  of  the  Synod  of  Missouri. 

We  are  accustomed  to  trace  the  hand  of  God  in  the  early  history 
of  our  country.  We  know  how  the  best  portions  of  this  continent  were 
gradually  turned  over  to  the  best  immigrants  from  the  Protestant 
nations  of  the  world.  We  know  how  both  the  American  Church  and 
the  American  State  reached  their  present  foremost  rank  among  the 
world's  most  potent  and  beneficent  influences.  Perhaps  most  of  us  do 
not  know  the  religious  history  of  our  own  State,  Synod  and  Presbytery, 
a  history  as  providential  as  that  of  the  American  Nation  or  of  the 
Apostolic  Church. 

To  trace  fully  and  accurately  the  history  of  the  beginnings  of  ^Mis- 
souri  Presbyterianism  would  require  a  volume  instead  of  a  half  hour's 
talk.  Possibly  in  no  other  State  does  the  history  of  our  denomina- 
tion so  fully  combine  the  history  of  its  beginnings  in  all  the  older 
States  as  it  does  in  Missouri.  Every  Presbyterian  immigrant  that 
landed  on  American  shores  in  Colonial  days  left  his  impression  on  his 
own  times  and  directly  assisted  in  the  propagation  of  Presbyterianism 
in  the  Missouri  of  to-day. 

The  two  streams  of  Presbyterian  immigration  that  met  in  this 
State  in  the  early  part  of  this  now  closing  century  had  their  sources  in 
the  far  East.  Each  gathered  volume  and  character  from  the  States 
through  which  it  passed  on  its  way  hither.  From  the  >outhoast  came 
the  descendants  of  the  Presbyterian  settlers  that  so  strongly  influenced 
the  early  life  of  Virginia  and  the  Carolinas,  and  later  that  of  Teune>see 
and  Kentucky.  From  the  northeast  came  the  descendants  of  Pilgrim 
and  Puritan,  of  Netherlander  and  Huguenot,  picking  up  on  their  way 
through  Pennsylvania  Scotch  Covenanters  and  Irish  refugees-  and 
representatives  of  other  Reformed  faiths.  Each  stream  contributed 
.valuable  elements  not  found  prominently  in  the  other.  Piety  and 
zeal  they  both  had :  but  the  ])olity  of  the  southern  stream  was  the 
, purer,  the  northern  being  more  noticeable  for  its  doctrinal  and  educa- 

*Part  of  an  article  read  at  a  oonferonce  preliminary  to  tbe  meeting  of  the 
Svnod  of  Missouri  in  Octoljer.  1900.  was  originally  prepared  as  an  introduction  to 
tills  volume.     It  Is  accordingly  here  reprinted,  with  notes  and  enlargements. 


10  IXTEODUCTIOK 

tional  features.  At  first  the  southern  stream  was  the  stronger  in  num- 
ber of  immigrants;  but  the  northern  brouglit  tlie  more  ministers. 
Perhaps  it  would  not  be  too  much  to  say  that  the  confluence  of  these 
two  streams  produced  a  purer  tj^pe  of  Presbyterian  doctrine  and  polity 
in  Missouri  than,  at  the  time  they  first  met,  could  have  been  found  in 
any  other  portion  of  our  country.  What  has  since  been  done  to  preserve 
the  heritage  they  left  and  to  take  possession  of  the  State  they  claimed 
for  Christ  ? 


BEGINNINGS  IN  MISSOURI. 

We  cannot  fully  appreciate  the  history  of  Missouri  Presbyterian  ism 
vvithout  at  least  a  brief  resume  of  the  civil  as  well  as  the  ecclesiastical 
history  of  the  State,  especially  during  its  formative  period.  After  the 
discovery  of  America,  that  portion  of  it  now  embraced  in  the  State  of 
Missouri  was  nominally  first  under  the  sovereignty  of  France  until 
1763,  then  under  that  of  Spain  until  1800,  then  again  under  France 
until  ceded  to  the  United  States,  April  30,  1803.  On  October  1,  1804, 
it  was  included  in  the  District  of  Louisiana,  under  the  jurisdiction  of 
Indiana  Territory.  On  July  4,  1805,  it  became  a  part  of  Louisiana 
Territory.  Just  seven  years  later,  July  4,  1812,  Missouri  Territory 
was  organized.  On  August  10,  1821,  the  State  of  Missouri  was  ad- 
mitted into  the  Union,  with  the  same  boundaries  as  now,  except  that 
the  Platte  Purchase  was  added  in  1836.  The  Indian  rights  were  ex- 
tinguished by  treaties  of  the  United  States  with  the  various  Indian 
claimants. 

The  first  American  settlement  in  this  state  was  probably  that  made 
in  1795,  on  Femme  Osage  creek,  in  St.  Charles  county.  After  that 
came  other  scattered  families  from  various  States,  and  found  their 
homes  mainly  in  the  forests  of  the  river  counties  of  the  eastern  and 
central  parts  of  the  State.  They  were  generally  uneducated,  often 
irreligious,  but  in  the  main  much  like  other  western  pioneers,  "a  hardy, 
honest,  friendly  class  of  people,  addicted  to  hospitality  and  friendly 
intercourse.  Most  of  them  came  to  the  West  because  they  wanted  to 
be  free — free  from  the  restraints  and  shams  of  society  and  the  domi- 
neering influences  of  money  and  aristocracy.  A  few  came  to  evade  the. 
penalty  of  the  laws  they  had  violated  at  home;  but  there  were  not 
many  of  this  class,  and,  their  standing  and  character  being  soon  found 
out,  they  were  shunned  by  the  better  class  of  people."* 

Up  to  the  time  of  the  Louisiana  Purchase  in  1803,  the  whole  terri- 
tory embraced  in  that  purchase,. so  far  as  it  was  Christian  at  all,  was  » 
necessarily  Roman  Catholic.     The  first  Protestant  preaching  in  all  this 

♦Pioneer  Families  of  Mo.,  by  Bryan  and  Rose,  p.  66. 


BEGINNINGS  IN  MISSOURI.  II 

va^l  ifgion  i^  ?aid  to  have  been  by  the  Baptists^  possibly  while  it  was 
still  French  territory.  Next  are  said  to  have  come  the  Metliodists,  then 
the  Cumberland  Presbyterians,  then  the  Presbyterians.  In  1814  the 
Rev.  S.  J.  Mills  and  his  associate,  the  Rev.  Daniel  Smith,  came  to  St. 
Louis  as  agents  of  the  Philadelphia  Bible  and  Missionary  Society. 
"They  preached  several  times,  organized  a  Bible  Society,  and  collected 
$300  for  it.  This  is  the  first  trace  we  get  of  Presbyteran  preaching  in 
Missouri.^'*  It  is  interesting  to  note  that  this  was  only  a  few  j'ears 
after  the  birth  of  American  Foreign  Missions  at  the  famous  Williams 
College  haystack  prayer  meeting,  of  which  ]\Iills  was  the  leader.  De- 
prived of  the  privilege  of  becoming  a  Foreign  Mssionary,  he  did' 
pioneer  Mission  work  in  his  own  land. 

In  response  to  the  reports  of  Mr.  Mills,  came  the  first  Presbyterian 
minister  to  settle  in  the  State.  He  was  flie  Rev.  Salmon  Giddings, 
of  Connecticut,  who  arrived  in  April,  1816.  He  held  the  first  Presby- 
terian communion  service  in  the  State,  July  21,  1816.  The  first  Pres- 
byterian organizations  among  us  were  those  he  formed j  Concord, 
August  2,  i816,  (at  Bellevue  Settlement,  Washington  Co.,  80  miles 
south  of  St.  Louis),  and  Bonhomme,  (St.  Louis  Co.),  October  3,  of 
the  same  year.  The  third  Presbyterian  organization  in  the  State  and 
the  First  Protestant  church  in  the  city  of  St.  Louis,  wa$  the  First  Pres- 
byterian Church,  organized  by  Mr.  Giddings.  November  2'],  1817.  This 
church  erected  in  1810  the  first  Protestant  house  of  worship  in  the  city 
of  St.  Louis,  The  first  Presbytery  of  Missouri  was  organized  by  the 
Synod  of  Tennessee  in  1817,  and  held  its  first  meeting  in  the  city  of 
St.  Louis,  December  8,  1817. 

The  first  Missionary  Societies  of  our  denomination  that  were  rep- 
resented in  the  State  were  those  of  New  England.  The  Harmony  Mis- 
sion, on  the  south  line  of  Bates  county,  was  begun  among  the  Osage 
Indians  in  1821,  only  five  years  after  the  first  Presbyterian  minister 
came  to  live  in  the  State, ''  It  was  started  by  the  United  Foreign 
Missionary  Society,  an  organization  supported  by  the  Presbyterian, 
Dutch  Reformed  and  Associate  Reformed  Churches.  In  1826  that 
Society  was  absorbed  by  the  A.  B.  C.  F.  M.,  which  thereafter  main- 
tained the  Mission  until  its  abandonment  in  1836.  The  earliest  Home 
Missionaries  in  ^Missouri  were  commissioned  by  the  Connecticut  Home 
Missionary  Society  and  by  the  United  Domestic  Missionary  Society. 
Some  of  the  early  laborers  were  serrt  out  by  the  Presbyterian  Board 
of  Home  Missions,  organized  in  1816;  but  after  the  organization  of 
the  American  Home  Missionary  Society  in  1826,  they  and  nearly  all 
others  that  came  out  sought  commissions  from  the  A.  H,  M.  S.,  which 
promised  a  more  liberal,  though  meagre,  support.  It  is  noticeable  that 
many  of  the  Missionaries  sent  out  by  these  Societies  were  originally 

•Historical  Outlines  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  In  Mo.,  by  T.  Hill.  1871,  p.  4. 

fThere  also  was  made  in  1822,  the  tirst  church  organization  in  Kansas  City 
Presbytery.  The  oldest  Presbyterian  organization  now  within  our  territory,  how- 
ever, is  that  of  the  Boonville  church,  which  was  originally  organized  on  the  north 
side  of  the  Missouri  River,  in  1821.  This  was  the  eighth  church  organized  In  the 
Synod.  The  history  of  Kansas  Cltv  Presbvterv  is  thus  substantialiv  svnchronous 
with  that  of  the  State  of  Missouri,  which  was  admitted  into  the  Union  In  1821. 


12  INTRODUCTION. 

Congregationalists ;  5^et,  when  they  reached  the  West,  they  organized 
Presbyterian  churches  and  Presbyteries,  apparently  as  a  matter  of 
course,  fully  understood  and  approved  by  the  Societies  they  represented. 
In  so  doing  they  reversed  the  "New  England  way,''  which  Dr.  H.  M. 
Dexter  has  characterized  as  a  "Congregationalized  Presbyterianism,*** 
[having]  its  roots  in  one  system  and  its  branches  in  another.^'  After 
the  organization  of  the  Old  School  and  New  School  Synods,  the  0.  S. 
work  was  carried  on  through  the  Presbyterian  Board  of  Home  Missions 
and  the  N.  S.  work  through  the  A.  H.  M.  S.  The  Missouri  Home 
Missionary  Society  was  organized  by  the  New  School  Convention  of 
1841  as  an  auxiliary'  to  the  A.  H.  M.  S.  It  was  the  earnest  wish  and 
strenuous  endeavor  of  its  founder,  the  Rev.  Dr.  Artemas  Bullard,  that 
through  it  the  Missouri  Synod  might  become  strong  enough  to  sus- 
tain all  its  own  Mission  wofk.  But  after  the  lapse  of  sixty  years  that 
consummation  is  still  far  from  reached. 


II. 

GROWTH  AND  SUB-DIVISION. 

The  organization  of  the  original  Presbytery  of  Missouri  is  thus 
described  by  the  late  Dr.  E.  F.  Hatfield,  who  became  one  of  its  members 
a  few  years  later.  After  telling  of  the  first  ministers  and  churches  in 
this  State,  he  says :  "Here  now  were  four  ministers  of  the  Gospel, 
good  and  true,  enough  to  constitute  a  Presbytery,  if  only  the  proper 
authority  could  be  obtained  *  *  *  The  nearest  S3mod  north  of  the  Ohio 
river  was  the  Synod  of  Ohio.  Many  of  the  people  had  migrated  from 
Tennessee,  and  were  of  Soiithern  affinities.  Application  was  made 
accordingly  to  the  Synod  of  Tennessee  at  their  annual  meeting  early  in 
October,  1817,  for  the  organization  of  a  Presbytery  beyond  the  Missis- 
sippi River,  to  be  called  the  Presbytery  of  Missouri,  to  consist  of  the 
four  ministers  just  named,  and  representatives  of  tlie  two  churches, 
Concord  and  Bonhomnie,  already  organized.  A  church  having  been 
constituted  at  St.  Louis  November  15,  1817,  and  the  Buffalo  church 
by  Mr.  Matthews  in  Pike  county  shortly  after,  the  Presbytery  of  Mis- 
souri was  duly  constituted  at  St.  Louis  on  Thursday,  December  18, 
1817,  consisting  of  Rev.  Timothy  Flint,  Rev.  John  Matthews,  Rev. 
Salmon  Giddings,  Rev.  Thomas  Donnell  and  Elders  from  the  Con- 
cord, Bonhomme,  St.  Louis  and  Buffalo  churches."* 

The  Presbytery  thus  organized  covered  not  only  the  whole  State  of 
Missouri  but  also  the  western  two-thirds  of  Illinois,  in  which  there  was 
at  that  time  not  a  single  church.  In  October,  1828,  it  was  transferred 
by  the  General  Assembly  to  the  cai:e  of  the  Synod  of  Indiana.  In  Janu- 
ary, 1829,  the  Illinois  ministers  and  churches  were  set  off  as  thePresby- 

♦Minutes  of  Semi-Centenuial  Session  of  Syno'd  of  Mo..  T'.  S.  A..  1882,  p.  42. 


GEOWTH  AXD  SUB-DIVISIOX.  13 

tery  of  Kaskaskia.  The  latter  Presbytery  was  divided  in  October,  1830, 
into  three  Presbyteries,  which,  with  the  Presbytery  of  Missouri,  the 
General  Assembly  organized  into  the  Synod  of  Illinois,  which  first  met 
in  Hillsborough,  111.,  in  September,  1831.  By  the  Synod  of  Illinois 
the  Presbytery  of  Missouri  was  then  divided  into  three  Presbyteries, 
which  the  next  spring  were  erected  by  the  General  Assembly  into  the 
original  Si/nod  of  Missouri.  This  Synod  held  its  first  meeting  in  St. 
Louis,  October  2,  183?.  It  contained  but  eighteen  ministers,  twenty- 
five  churches,  and  about  1,000  communicants.  It  consisted  of  the  Pres- 
bytery of  St.  Louis,  covering  most  of  the  eastern  part  of  the  State,  the 
Presbytery  of  St.  Charles,  covering  the  northeastern  part,  and  the 
diminished  Presbytery  of  Missouri,  covering  the  remainder  of  the  State. 
■  The  next  change  that  came  arose  from  controversies  originating 
entirely  outside  of  this  Synod.  For  some  years  after  the  general  disrup- 
tion of  1837,  the  Missouri  Presbyterians  remained  united  and  declined 
to  connect  with  either  Assembly.  But  at  last,  in  18-40,  the  division 
came.  The  Civil  Coiirts  gave  to  the  Old  School  Synod  of  Missouri  the 
records  and  the  succession.  It  therefore  kept  the  same  Presbyterial 
names  and  boundaries  as  before,  except  that  the  name  of  St.  Charles 
Presbytery  (which  was  somewhat  reduced  in  area  in  1840)  was  changed 
to  Palymra  Presbytery.  In  1843  the  Presbytery  of  Potosi  was  formed 
out  of  the  southern  part  of  tlie  Presbytery  of  St.  Louis,  and  the  Pres- 
bytery of  Upper  Missouri'  out  of  the  western  part  of  the  Persbytery  of 
Missouri.  In  the  fall  of  185()  Synod  erected  that  portion  of  the 
Presbytery  of  Upper  Missouri  lying  south  of  the  Missouri  river  into 'the 
Presbytery  of  Lafayette.-  In  1860  a  few  counties  in  the  northeast 
corner  of  the  State  were  set  off  as  the  Presbytery  of  Wyaconda,  which, 
after  the  Civil  War.  was  re-united  with  the  Presbytery  of  Palmyra.  In 
1865  all  that  portion  of  the  Presbytery  of  Lafavette  lying  south  of  the 
Osage  river  was  set  off  as  the  Presbytery  of  Southwest  ^lissouri. 

^Meanwhile  the  General  Assembly  of  1857  had  authorized  the  form- 
ation of  two  Presbyteries  in  the  State  of  Kansas  to  be  called  Kansas  and 
Highland  (the  former  was  never  organized),  which  with  the  Presby- 
teries of  Upper  Missouri  and  Lafayette,  the  Assembly  then  erected  into 
the  0.  S.  Sj/nod  of  Upper  Missouri.  At  its  first  meeting  this  new 
Synod  set  off  six  northwestern  counties  of  ^Missouri  as  the  Presbytery 
of  Platte.  The  Presbytery  of  Highland  was  later  divided  into  the 
Presbyteries  of  Highland.  Leavenworth  and  Topeka.  which  by  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly  of  1864  were  organized  into  the  O.  S.  Synod  of  Kansas. 
The  remaining  Presbyteries  of  the  Synod  of  Tapper  ]\Iissouri  had  be- 
come so  weakened  by  the  years  of  civil  strife  that  the  same  General  As- 
sembly dissolved  the  Synod,  re-attached  the  territory  of  the  Presbytery 
of  Platte  to  the  Presbytery  of  Upper  ^Missouri,  and  re-attached  the 

1.  The  Presbylpry  of  T'pper  Missouri  originally  inclnrI«Hl  all  tliat  norti^n  of  the 
State  west  of  the  linedividing  IJansos  •_'."?  and  24  \V.  of  the  Fifth  Principal  Meridian. 
In  IS.'i.'^  Synod  changed  the  eastern  boundary  to  the  Orand  River  nortli  of  the 
Missonri  Uiver.  and  on  the  south  of  tlie  Missouri  River  to  a  true  meridian  line  be- 
ginninji  npjiosite  the  mouth  of  North  (Jraud  River,  and  running  to  tlie  south  bound 
ary  of  the  Synod. 

■J.  The   Knstern   boundary    of   Lafayette   was   afterward   slightly  extended. 


14  INTRODUCTION'. 

Pi-esbyteries  of  Upper  Missouri  and  Lafayette  to  the  Synod  of  Missouri. 
Tlie  Presbyteries  formed  in  connection  with  the  Declaration  and 
Testimony  controversy  will  be  spoken  of  later.  Aside  from  them,  the 
forenamed  Presbyteries  are,  I  believe,  all  that  were  connected  with  the 
0.  S.  Svnods  of  Missouri  and  Upper  Missouri  before  the  Ee-union  of 

i8;o. 

Preliminary  to  the  organization  of  the  New  School  Synod  of  Mis- 
souri, a  Convention  was  held  at  Hannibal,  October  7,  1841.  Its  first 
resolution  was  to  form  a  Missouri  Home  Missionary  Society,  auxiliary 
to  the  A.  H.  M.  S.  A  committee  was  also  appointed  to  draw  up  a 
paper  called  "Declaration  and  Sentiments."  It  was  arranged  that 
three  Presbyteries  should  be  organized  that  fall,  which  in  the  spring 
following  should  be  erected  into  a  Synod  of  Missouri.  That  Synod 
was  organized  in  St.  Louis,  April  8,  1843,  ten  j^ears  after  the  formation 
of  the  original  Synod  of  Missouri.  Its  Presbyteries  were:  1.  The 
Presbytery  of  Harmony,  including  the  counties  of  Wayne,  Ripley, 
Crawford  and  Gasconade,  and  thence  west  with  the  Osage  River,  in- 
cluding the  counties  of  St.  Clair  and  Bates.  2.  The  Presbytery  of 
Lexington,  including  the  counties  of  Callaway,  Audrain  and  Macon, 
thence  with  the  dividing  ridge  of  the  Grand  Prairie  to  the  boundary  line 
of  the  State,  including  all  between  these  lines  and  the  State  lines  north 
of  the  Presbytery  of  Harmony.  3.  The  remainder  of  the  State  consti- 
tuting the  Presbytery  of  St.  Louis.  Of  these  the  Harmony  Presbytery 
was  the  direct  outgrowth  of  the  Harmony  Mission  to  the  Osage  Indians, 
already  mentioned  as  having  been  begun  in  Bates  county,  in  1821.  The 
leader  of  that  Mission,  the  Rev.  N.  B.  Dodge,  was  the  first  Moderator 
of  the  N.  S.  Synod.  In  ISTovember,  1823,  the  Missionaries  in 
Harmony,  Union  and  Dwight ,  Missions  formed  an  Association 
which  they  called  the  Indian  Mission  Presbytery.  It  is  sometimes  re- 
ferred to  as  the  Presbytery  of  Arkansas.  Under  the  name  of  Harmony 
Presbytery  it  was  one  of  the  original  Presbyteries  in  the  N".  S.  Synod, 
by  which  its  name  was  changed  in  1846  to  Osage  Presbytery.  By  the 
last  name  it  was  known  until,  in  1859,  a  portion  of  it  united  with  the 
body  known  as  Dr.  Ross'  Synod,  and  took  the  records  with  them.  The 
remaining  ministers  and  churches  went  partly  into  the  N.  S.  Presbytery 
of  St.  Louis,  to  which  its  territory  was  then  annexed,  and  partly  into- 
the  0.  S.  Presbytery  of  Lafayette.* 

In  October,  1843,  the  northern  portion  of  the  Presbytery  of  St. 
Louis  was  set  off  as  the  Presbytery  of  Northern  ]\Iissouri,  taking  that 
portion  of  the  ministers  and  churches  of  the  old  Presbytery  of  St. 
Charles  that  adhered  to  New  School  principles.  From  1857  to  1859 
the  Synod  withdrew  from  the  General  Assembly  and  remained  inde- 
pendent. Strong  efforts  were  made  to  have  it  unite,  as  its  Presbytery 
of  Osage  did,  with  the  United  Synod  of  the  South  (Dr.  Ross'  Synod), 
or  with  the  Old  School  Synod,  as  many  of  its  individual  members  did. 

*Tho  rrpshytory  of  Lesinglon,  which  alFO  covorod  a  part  of  the  territory  now 
covered  by  the  rre.sl)ytery  of  Kansas  City,  likewise  voted  to  go  to  Dr.  Ross'  Synod, 
but  Its  separation  was  never  fully  eonsinnniated. 


GEOWTH  AXD  SUB-DIVISION.  15- 

Meanwhile  the  N.  S.  Presbytery  of  Kansas  was  organized,  May  3,  1859. 
For  the  First  year  it  was  attached  to  the  Synod  of  Iowa;  but  in  1860 
it  was  transferred  to  the  Synod  of  Missouri,  of  which  it  remained  a  part 
until  the  fall  of  1868.  At  that  meeting  of  Synod  the  new  Presbyteries 
of  Humboldt  and  Smoky  Hill  (both  in  Kansas),  were  organized,  and 
by  the  next  General  Assembly  set  off  with  the  Presbytery  of  Kansas 
as  the  Synod  of  Kansas.  iSTo  meeting  of  the  N.  S.  Synod  of  Missouri 
could  be  held  either  in  1861  or  in  186"3.  Its  members  were  all  strongly 
loyal  to  the  Union,  and  found  it  inconvenient  to  meet  in  their  own  State 
in  1863  also,  at  which  time  a  small  but  deeply  spiritual  and  intensely  pa- 
triotic meeting  was  held  in  Troy,  Kansas.  One  other  meeting  was  held 
in  Kansas,  that  of  1867,  at  Lawrence.  After  the  War  the  Presbytery 
of  Osage  was  re-organized  with  its  former  boundaries,  but  with  en- 
tirely new  ministers,  and  with  churches  composed  mainly  of  new  mem- 
bers, recently  re-organized.  The  work  of  the  Synod  was  thereafter  so 
vigorously  pushed  in  all  its  Presbyteries  that  at  the  Reunion  of  the 
two  Schools  in  1870  it  showed  a  larger  membership  both  of  ministers 
and  communicants  than  it  had  ever  had  before  the  War. 

Reference  has  been  made  in  this  paper  to  so  many  divisive  forces 
that,  before  proceeding  farther,  it  may  be  well  to  look  briefly  at  our 


III. 

CONTKOVERSIES  AND  READJUSTMENTS. 

The  various  controversies  that  have  agitated  and  split  the  Presby- 
terian bodies  of  this  country  are  well  known.  It  is  unnecessary  here 
to  enter  upon  a  discussion  of  them ;  but  we  cannot  understand  the  work 
done  without  at  least  a  summarization  of  the  issues  that  have  most  af- 
fected this  State.  Fortunately  none  of  the  great  dividing  questions 
originated  in  Missouri ;  but  unfortunately,  in  all  matters  of  Church  and 
State,  Missouri  has  been  on  the  border  line.  Its  first  impulse  has  ever 
been  to  maintain  the  old  relations  unchanged,  even  at  the  expense  of 
unsatisfactory  compromise.  In  all  tlie  conflicts  of  the  past  eighty  years 
since  its  admission  into  the  Union,  Missouri  has  been  strongly  repre- 
sented on  both  sides. 

The  division  of  1S37,  that  split  the  denomination  into  Old  and 
New  School  bodies,  was,  as  we  have  seen,  lamented  and  deplored  by  this 
Synod,  which  refused  to  identify  itself  with  either  party.  Even  when 
the  two  rival  Synods  of  Missouri  were  organized,  men  hardly  knew  with 
which  to  take  their  stand,  and  there  w\as  for  years  a  constant  shifting 
process  going  on  that  finally  put  many  into  the  opposite  party  from  that 
in  which  they  began.  For  this,  however,  ^ere  were  in  this  State  causes 
aside  from  doctrinal  conviction. 

In  the  former  davs  slavery  was  not  bv  anv  means  a  dead  issue  in 


16  INTRODUCTION. 

Missouri.  The  New  School  Church  was  so  strongly  anti-slavery  that, 
after  the  decisive  action  of  its  General  Assembly  of  1857  upon  that  sub- 
ject, all  its  Synods  in  the  slaveholding  States  withdrew.  The  Missouri 
Synod  remained  independent  from  1857  to  1859,  when  the  remnant  of 
it  returned  to  its  former  allegiance.  Many  of  its  members,  as  we  have 
incidentally  seen,  went  into  the  United  Synod  of  the  South,  which  was 
organized  in  1858,  and  in  1864  united  with  ''the  General  Assembly  of 
the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  Confederate  States  of  America."  "In 
the  Old  School  there  was  but  little  discussion  on  that  subject  [slavery], 
and  the  generally  understood  public  sentiment  of  Missouri  was  that 
nothing  should  be  said  against  the  institution.  Consequently,  so  far  as 
Missouri  was  concerned,  there  was  a  constant  tendency  on  the  part  of 
those  in  the  New  School  who  wished  for  quiet  to  leave  that  body  and 
enter  the  Old." 

The  American  Home  Missionary  Society.  "Not  only  the  slave 
question  troubled  the  New  School.  They  were  at  length  greatly  an- 
no3'ed  in  all  their  missionary  work  by  their  connection  with  the  A.  H. 
M.  S.,  and  Avere  finally  entirely  cut  off  some  time  before  the  general 
separation  of  the  New  School  from  the  A.  H.  M.  S.  It  was  well  under- 
stood that  the  A.  H.  M.  S.  would  commission  no  man  that  was  himself 
a  slave-holder ;  and  no  fault  was  found  with  that  arrangement,  for  the 
Mo.  H.  M.  S.  could  take  care  of  the  very  few  who  stood  in  that  rela- 
tion, [but  six  all  told  in  the  history  of  the  Synod].  But  at  length  it 
was  demanded  that  the  Mo.  H.  'M.  S.  should  come  under  the  same  rule, 
and  that  no  church  should  be  aided  in  which  there  were  slave-holding 
members,  unless  in  the  judgment  of  the  Committee  managing  the  A.  H. 
M.  S..  such  relation  was  for  the  time  being  justifiable,  thus  going  be- 
hind the  judgment  of  Presbytery  itself.  The  end  of  the  matter  was  the 
entire  separation  of  the  whole  Church  from  the  A.  H.  M.  S.,  and  the 
formation  of  a  Home  Mission  Committee  by  the  General  Assembly, 
which  entered  upon  its  work  with  immediate  success.'" 

The  Civil  ^Yar  wrought  great  havoc  all  over  the  State,  particularly 
on  the  western  border.  The  Christian  work  of  forty  years  was  almost 
entirely  Aviped  out.  In  many  cases  there  was  nothing  left  to  re-organize. 
At  the  close  of  the  war  work  had  to  be  begun  by  new  ministers,  under 
new  conditions,  in  new  places,  Avith  new  people. 

The  Declaration  and  Testimony.  The  effect  of  the  political  de- 
liverences  of  the  Old  School  Assembly  of  1861  is  well  known.  That 
fall  the  Missouri  Synod  "unanimously  declared  that  the  Assembly  of 
1861  had  in  the  notorious  Spring  resolutions  taken  an  action  that  was, 
unwise,  unscriptural  and  unjust,  and  of  no  binding  force  whatever  on 
this  Synod,  nor  -upon  the  members  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  within 
its  bounds."^  It  remained  however,  in  the  Old  School  Assembly.  In 
the  fall  of  1865  the  majority  of  its  members  signed  the  "Declaration' 
and  Testimony."  Then  came  the  Gurley  ipso  facto  order,  declaring  the 
dissolution  of  such  Presbyteries  and  Synods  as  should  allow  the  seating 

1.  Hist.  Outl.    Prpsb'm.  in  Mo..  T.  Hill.  p.  27. 

2.  The   Southern  Preshyterians,  by  T.  C.  Johnson,  p.  4."2.' 


CONTROVERSIES  AND  READJUSTMENTS.  17 

of  a  signer  of  the  Declaration  and  Testimony.  This  Synod  then  de- 
clared the  Standards  of  the  Church  authoritative  above  the  order  of  any 
Church  Court,  and  resolved  that  "the  signers  of  the  Declaration  and 
Testimony  are  not  slanderers,  schismatics  and  rebels  against  ecclesias- 
tical authority,  but  have  simply  exercised  a  great  Protestant  right  and 
discharged  a  solemn  duty.'"  Calling  themselves  the  Old  School  (or 
Constitutional)  Synod  of  Missouri,  they  therefore  became  independent 
of  the  General  Assembly,  and  so  remained  until  1874,  when  they  united 
with  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States.  The  minority 
withdrew  in  1866,  and  re-organized,  out  of  those  members  and  churches 
in  each  Presbytery  loyal  to  the  Assembly,  the  Old  School  (or  Assem- 
bly's) Synod  of  Missouri,  which  was  the  one  that  in  1870  united  with 
the  New  School  Synod,  and  formed  the  Synod  of  Missouri  now  in  con- 
nection with  the  Northern  General  Assembly.' 

The  last  thirty  years,  i.  e.,  since  the  Reunion,  have  been  a  time  of 
peace  and  work.  The  controversies  that  have  arisen  since  the  Reunion 
have  not  been  such  as  to  cause  division.  Coniino:  at  a  time  of  great  com- 
mercial development  and  material  prosperity,  the  Reunion  ushered  in  a 
new  era  of  mutual  confidence  and  united  activity  that  soon  entirely 
obliterated  the  old  lines.  The  State  was  then  carefully  re-districted 
into  Presbyteries  bearing  the  same  names  and  with  substantially  the 
same  boundaries  as  now,  with  the  exception  of  the  Presbytery  of  Potosi 
in  "the  southeast  corner  of  the  State,  which  was  later  merged  into  the 
Presbytery  of  St.  Louis.  The  only  other  noteworthy  changes  have  been 
in  the  State  of  Arkansas,  which  now  forms  part  of  the  territory  of  the 
Northern  Synod.  In  January,  1889,  the  Presbytery  of  White  River 
was  organized  by  a  Commission  from  the  Synod  of  Missouri,  to  work 
among  the  Freedmen  of  southeastern  Arkansas.  A  few  churches  were 
also  organized  from  time  to  time  among  the  white  people  of  the  State, 
and  attached  to  various  adjoining  Presbyteries.  In  1899  several  of  the 
northern  counties  of  Arkansas'^  were  attached  to  the  Presbytery  of 
Ozark,  and  the  remainder  of  the  State  of  Arkansas  assigned  to  the 
Presbytery  of  "\^niite  River.  [P.  S..  In  1900  the  remaining  counties 
of  the  western  tier  were  annexed  to  the  Presbytery  of  Ozark]. 

A  large  number  of  churches  were  organized  in  this  Synod  soon  after 
the  War.  most  of  which,  in  spite  of  years  of  financial  panic,  grasshop- 
pers, drought, -business  depression  and  general  worldliness  hnve  shown 
commendable  Presbyterian  perseverence  and  usefulness.  There  has 
recently  been  but  small  growth  in  the  number  of  organizations,  but  a 
fairly  steady  and  satisfactory  growth  in  membership  and  benevolences. 

1.  lb.,  p.  4.53. 

2.  The  Presbyteries  at  work  In  the  region  covered  since  tlie  Reunion  by  the  Pres- 
bytery of  Osnfre  ("now  Kansas  City)  were:  1.  Old  ffrhool,  a.  Lafayette,  occupying 
nearly  all  our  present  territory,  h.  Missouri,  occupying  a  little  of  the  eastern  por- 
tion, f.  Southwest  Missouri,  "occupying  a  little  of  the  southern  portion.  2.  .Vcio 
School,  a.  Lexington,  occupying  the  Missouri  IMver  counties  and  Cass.  Johnson  and 
Pettis,  h.  Osage,  occupying  "the  territory  south  of  Lexington,  c.  St.  Louis,  occupy- 
ing a  little  of  the  eastern  portion.  The  only  additions  to  our  territory  since  the  Re- 
union have  been  :  a  Vernon  county,  detached  from  the  Presbytery  or  Ozark.  1fi74  ; 
and.  b,  the  northwest  corner  of  Cedar  county,  ditto,  1884, 

S.    Once  a  part  of  the  Presbytery  of  Harmony. 


18  INTEODUCTION". 

Our  conditions  being  now  more  stable  and  better  understood,  our  terri- 
tory thoroughly  settled  and  rapidly  developing,  our  churches  well  lo- 
cated and  ably  manned,  progress  depends  upon  the  blessing  of  God  and 
the  Christian  spirit  and  fidelity  of  those  that  work  in  His  name.  With 
a  harmonious  and  energetic  Synod,  the  first  quarter  of  the  twentieth 
century  ought  to  mark  a  far  greater  advance  for  Christ  than  the  past 
eighty  years  have  done.  "There  remaineth  yet  very  much  land  to  be 
possessed." 


IV. 

ECCLESIASTICAL  RECORDS.* 

Historical  studies  are  fascinating,  though  not  always  profitable. 
"Histories,"  says  Carlyle,  "are  as  perfect  as  the  historian  is  wise,  and 
is  gifted  with  an  eye  and  a  soul."  Such  men  are  rare,  even  among  his- 
torians. Philosophic  history,  however  brilliant,  is  often  untrue,  the 
facts  being  twisted  (perhaps  unconsciously)  to  suit  preconceived 
theories.  Plain,  unvarnished  chronicles  are  usually  dry  and  uninter- 
esting except  for  the  antiquarian.  Most  lives  and  associations  are 
hopelessly  common-place.  Yet  every  life — individual,  social,  national, 
commercial,  political  or  religious — might  become  both  interesting  and 
instructive  if  properly  understood  and  presented.  Whatever  therefore 
may  be  our  positions  in  life,  every  earnest  seeker  to  make  the  most  of 
himself  and  of  his  opportunities,  every  lover  of  his  fellowmen  and  of 
his  country,  every  servant  of  his  age  and  of  his  God,  becomes  inevitably 
a  student  of  History. 

Especially  must  the  minister  of  the  gospel  familiarize  himself  with 
the  history  of  other  ages,  lands  and  peoples  than  his  own.  Everything 
historic  has  an  interest  to  him  and  a  bearing  on  his  work.  Dean 
Stanley  sa^^s  in  his  History  of  the  Jewish  Church  (III.  xxv)  :  "It 
was  a  saying  of  Scotus  Erigena  that  whatsoever  is  true  Philosophy  is 
true  Theology.  In  like  manner  on  a  large  scale,  whatever  is  true 
History  teaches  true  Eeligion,  and  every  attempt  to  reproduce  the  ages 
which  immediately  preceded  or  which  accompanied  .the  advent  of 
Christianity  is  a  contribution,  however  humble,  to  the  understanding 
of  Christianity  itself."  That  is  possibly  equally  true  of  the  history 
of  every  Christian  age  or  organization.  God's  purposes  for  the  future 
are  revealed  by  His  dealings  in  the  past  and  His  guidance  in  the 
present. 

♦The  following  paper  was  read  bv  the  compiler  of  this  book  at  a  meeting  of  the 
Presbyterian  Alliance  of  Kansas  City.  Oct.  9,  1899.  The  Alliance  is  composed  of 
ministers  of  all  the  rresbvterian  denominations  resident  in  Kansas  City  and  vicin- 
ity. The  paper  is  Inserted  here  as  strictly  germane  to  the  subject  matter  of  this 
book,  and  largely  the  outgrowth  of  the  effort  to  secure  the  materials  for  the  book 
Itself.  The  subject  of  Ecclesiastical  Records  Is  one  that  deserves  more  attention 
from  almost  every  Minister  and  Elder  than  It  receives.  It  is  hoped  that  every  reader 
of  this  paper  will  make  it  a  part  of  his  duty  to  do  all  he  can  for  the  proper  record- 
ing, keeping  and  dissemination  of  such  records. 


ECCLESIASTICAL  RECORDS.  19 

But  while  all  History  is  of  interest  and  value  to  the  preacher, — 
while  for  him  all  History  is  in  a  sense  Sacred  History — life  is  too 
short  and  too  earnest  to  master  all  History.  Church  History  has  for 
him  a  special  significance.  In  one  sense  he  may  say  with  Terence: 
"Homo  sum;  humani  nihil  a  me  alienum  puto."  But  Dr.  Philip 
Schaff  was  more  specific  and  more  practical,  when  he  changed  the 
phrasing  of  the  heathen  poet,  and  placed  as  the  motto  of  his  greatest 
work :  "Cliristianus  sum;  Christiani  nihil  a  me  alienum  puto."  The 
busy  pastor  will  have  to  restrict  his  inquiries  still  more.  For  most  of 
us  the  merest  outline  must  suffice  in  General  History,  and  but  little 
more  in  Church  History.  But  must  the  pastor  always  be  content  with 
those  outlines  of  History  he  obtained  in  his  college  and  seminary  days  ? 
He  cannot  easily  retain  even  those  very  long.  How  can  he  iDest  re- 
fresh his  memory  upon  them,  and  enlarge  his  historical  knowledge? 
Certainly  not  by  cursory  reading.  Certainly  not  without  systematic 
effort.  Certainly  not  by  mere  absorption  of  facts  he  does  not  assimi- 
late and  use. 

Dr.  William  Barrows  once  wrote :  "There  is  probably  no  depart- 
ment of  education  where  so  much  is  really  acquired  and  so  little  made 
available  as  in  History.  It  is  too  much  like  botanizing  with  a  mowing 
machine  and  a  raker,  with  a  hay-loft  for  the  herbarium."  Much  His- 
tory is  thus  spoiled  in  the  making.  We  cannot  become  botanists  with- 
out studying  the  carefully  prepared  herbaria  of  our  predecessors,  ;  fid 
also  going  out  ourselves  into  the  fields  to  gather  and  preserve  specimens 
of  our  own.  To  understand  Botany  we  must  become  botanists — r.ot 
mere  farmers  or  horticulturists.  To  understand  History  we  must  our- 
selves do  some  original  work  in  History.  We  must  not  let  any  historian 
do  all  our  thinking  for  us.  Our  conclusions  must  coincide  with  his 
only  as  we  see  reasons  for  believing  his  correct.  To  appreciate  God's 
hand  in  History  we  must  believe  that  it  is  full  as  potent  in  the  present, 
whose  history  has  not  been  written,  as  in  any  past  age.  That  present  we 
cannot  understand  without  reference  to  the  past  of  which  it  is  the  suc- 
cessor and  the  outgrowth.  We  must  each  for  himself  collate  and  cor- 
relate the  facts  of  the  fleeting  present,  and  study  their  actual  genesis 
and  their  probable  exodus.  To  get  the  best  results  oacli  student  must 
also  contribute  to  the  common  fund  the  results  of  his  own  investigations 
and  the  record  of  his  own  work. 

Leaving  the  wider  subject  with  these  general  remarks,  let  us  now 
turn  to  the  narrower  one  of  the  Minister's  Relations  to  Ecclesiastical 
History.  These  are  many  and  various,  and  might  easily  be  still  more 
important  than  they  are. 

1.  In  the  Mal'ing  of  Church  History  the  Minister  necessarily  has 
a  large  part.  It  is  his  duty  to  lead  in  the  service  of  God.  He  is  to 
magnify  his  office,  not  for  his  own  glory  but  for  the  efficierfcy  of  the 
whole  body  of  Christ  of  which  he  is  a  member.  In  this  presence  it  is 
not  necessary  to  say  more  on  this  point  unless  a  word  of  caution — the 
IMinister  is  a  member  of  the  bodv  in  which  there  are  other  members, 


20  INTRODUCTION. 

each  having  his  own  office.  The  Minister  may  be  the  leader  of  tlie 
work  in  a  local  church ;  but  he  is  not — cannot  be — the  only  workman.  1 1 
is  often  easier  to  do  some  little  thing  than  to  get  some  one  else  to  do 
his  duty  in  reference  to  that  thing ;  but  such  a  course  is  not  often  wise. 
Remember  Moody's  maxim :  "It  is  better  to  put  ten  men  at  work  than 
to  do  ten  men's  work."  Nowhere  is  this  more  important  to  bear  in 
mind  than  in  the  prayer  meeting. 

But  though  the  average  Pastor  knows  and  does  his  duty  in  this 
matter  of  making  Church  History,  there  seems  to  your  essayist  to  be 
need  for  much  more  care  in 

2.  The  Recording  of  Church  History.  Much  more  History — and 
valuable  History  too — is  made  than  is  ever  recorded.  You  are  inlev- 
esied  in  the  history  of  others;  others  are  interested  in  your  history. 
It  will  be  an  encouragement,  a  guide,  a  warning,  perhaps,  for  tliem. 
Elijah  never  would  have  fled  to  Horeb,  had  he  known  beforehand  of  the 
7000  knees  that  had  never  bowed  to  Baal.  Our  Savior  tells  us  to  let 
our  light  shine,  to  scatter  Our  salt,  to  use  our  talents.  We  are  to  teach 
others  the  lessons  taught  us,  as  well  as  to  remember  the  lessons  others 
have  been  taught.  We  are  to  "call  to  rememberance  the  former  days" 
(Heb.  10:32)  of  our  own  experience  not  only,  but  to  "remember  the 
days  of  old,  consider  the  years  of  many  generations,"  (Deut.  32:7). 
These  lessons  are  to  be  communicated  to  us  and  by  us :  "Ask  thy 
father  and  he  will  show  thee  ;  thy  elders  and  they  will  tell  thee,"  (Deut. 
32  :7) .  Unless  each  generation  does  its  duty  in  recording  and  in  trans- 
mitting History,  it  will  not  be  possible  for  the  later  generations  to  say 
with  the  Psalmist  (44:1)  :  "We  have  heard  with  our  ears,  0  God, 
our  fathers  have  told  us,  what  work  Thou  didst  in  their  days,  in  the 
times  of  old."  What  are  we  doing  to  carry  out  these  biblical  examples 
and  precepts? 

The  Presbyterian  Churches  stand  for  clear  thinking,  accurate 
scholarship,  unswerving  fidelity  to  God's  Word  and  perseverance  in  His 
work.  They  have. a  wide  reputation  for  doing  things  decently  and  in 
order.  Every  historian  accords  them  an  important  part  in  the  his- 
tory of  the  world's  evangelization.  Their  members  strive  to  address 
themselves  intelligently  to  every  problem.  Theories  are  of  interest 
only  as  they  fit  the  facts.  Historical  studies  are  -naturally  the  Presby- 
terians' delight.  Such  denominations  may  reasonably  be  expected  to 
gather  facts  from  every  available  source,  systematize  them  and  record 
them  carefully.  Their  various  organizations  meet  frequently  to  study 
the  work  going  on  in  their  respective  bounds,  and  to  plan  for  still  larger 
things  for  Christ  and  His  Church.  But  are  the  records  in  any  of  our 
denominations  adequately  kept?  Do  we  have  as  thorough  a  knowledge 
as  wo  might  and  should  have  of  God's  dealings  with  us?  Are  our 
plans  for  work  as  intelligent  as  He  holcls  us  responsible  for  making? 

It  is  as  important  that  one  should  know  where  he  is  as  to  know 
where  he  wishes  to  go.  These  two  points  being  fixed,  a  route  can  be 
chosen  with  some  idea  whether  it  leads  from  one  to  the  other.     One  of 


ECCLESIASTICAL  EECORDS.  21 

the  most  vital  questions  a  Pastor  ever  asks — one  he  should  ask  fre- 
quently— is  that  so  vividly  phrased  by  a  bewildered  statesman :'  'Where 
am  I  at?"  Capt.  Watkins'  careless  mistake  on  that  point  cast  the 
magnificent  City  of  Paris  on  the  Manacles  a  wreck.  Failure  to  keep 
proper  books  or  to  take  account  of  stock  has  made  many  a  man  bank- 
rupt. The  same  sort  of  indifference  and  lack  of  business  sense  has 
crippled  many  a  church — sometimes  has  killed  churches.  Over- 
caution  may  be  detrimental ;  overconfidence  is  suicidal.  "Be  sure  you 
are  right,  then  go  ahead"  is  a  motto  both  of  whose  injunctions  should 
be  obeyed.  Afterthought  may  be  wiser  than  forethought;  but  neither 
is  worth  much  alone.  The  pilot  on  a  river  steamboat  examines  care- 
fully his  foresights  and  his  hindsights,  then  shifts  his  wheel  according- 
ly.    So  it  should  be  in  the  Church. 

In  these  days  of  short  pastorates,  the  recording  of  the  historical 
data  pertaining  to  the  church  is  doubly  important,  though  likewise 
doubly  neglected.  Contemporary  History  is  the  hardest  to  understand. 
The  busy  men  are  making  History,  not  recording  it.  But  if  contem- 
porary records  are  not  kept,  few  facts  that  might  have  entered  into  them, 
even  the  most  significant,  can  be  thereafter  discovered.  The  future 
historian  will  find  himself  called  on  to  make  bricks  and  to  furnish  his 
own  straw ! 

It  may  have  been  a  philosophical  solace  to  the  historian  Palgrave* 
to  write:  "The  preservation  or  destruction  of  historical  materials  is 
as  providential  as  the  guidance  of  events.  We  are  not  called  to  be  the 
revealers  of  the  hidden  things ;  it  is  not  for  us  that  the  sea  is  to  give 
up  its  dead."  But  the  destruction  of — or  even  the  neglect  to  make — 
contemporary  records  is  not  a  matter  of  indifference  to  any  organization 
worthily  existing.  Whether  the  Church  is  doing  her  duty  or  not.  her 
records  ought  to  show  it.  This  is  equally  true  of  all  departments  of 
Church  work,  local,  presbyterial,  synodical,  as  well  as  denominational. 
That  the  records  as  now  kept  are  not  usually  adequate  seems  to  your 
essayist  painfully  evident.  That  the  records  of  the  larger  religious 
bodies  cannot  be  properly  kept  if  those  of  their  smaller  component 
bodies  are  neglected  seems  equally  evident. 

It  is  easy  to  bring  this  general  charge.  It  is  another  thing  to 
prove  it,  and  still  another  thing  to  remedy  it.  Wherein  then  are  our 
church  records  deficient?  It  is  unnecessary  for  our  purpose  that  we 
say  more  about  the  records  of  our  larger  bodies,  such  as  Synods  and 
Assemblies.  Those  bodies  have  carefully  prepared  and  well  executed 
plans  for  gathering  and  publishing  information.  Such  records  are  as 
perfect  of  their  kind  as  the  Presbyteries  reporting  furnish  the  data  for 
making.  Perhaps  we  might  go  further  and  say  that  the  records  of 
most  of  our  Presbyteries  are  as  perfect  as  the  data  furnished  by  our  local 
churches  permit  the  Stated  Clerks  to  compile.  The  men  in  most  of 
our  Presbyteries  who  hold  the  office  of  Stated  Clerk  are  experienced 
men,  and  all  are  subject  to  criticism  by  their  brethren  in  open  Pres- 

♦Hlst.  Kng.  and  Norm.,  I.  121. 


22  INTEODUCTION. 

bytery.  The  responsibility  therefore  for  the  fundamental  records  of 
ail  our  denominations  and  of  the  whole  Church  of  Christ  rests  heavily 
upon  the  local  church.  That  responsibility  will  not  be  met  unless  the 
Pastor  meets  it. 

What  then  is  the  Pastor's  duty  in  reference  to  the  records  of  the 
local  church  ?  Briefly  it  is  to  see  that  they  are  properly  kept,  and 
occasionally  to  make  use  of  them  in  historical  sermons,  or  other  publi- 
cations whereby  his  people  and  even  a  wider  circle  may  become  ac- 
quainted with  the  work  done  by  that  particular  church.  It  does  not 
necessarily  devolve  upon  the  Pastor  to  keep  the  records  himself.  Very 
rarely  is  that  desirable.  Yet  far  more  rarely  is  a  Clerk  of  Session 
found  who  knows  what  records  to  keep  and  how  to  keep  them.  Every 
Clerk  needs  the  Pastor's  suggestions  and  reminders.  The  rules  for 
keeping  sessional  records  need  not  be  discussed  here.  The  Presbytery 
of  Kansas  City  has  among  its  published  Standing  Rules  a  long  chapter 
upon  that  subject. 

We  have  time  only  to  notice  the  third  of  the  Minister's  contri- 
butions to  Ecclesiastical  History, — one  that  we  have  already  mentioned : 

3.  The  Writing  of  Church  History.  Some  Ministers  have  the 
habit  of  preaching  an  annual  sermon  reviewing  the  work  of  the  year. 
It  is  a  habit  to  be  commended  in  our  larger  churches,  and  one  that  might 
often  prove  helpful  even  in  the  smaller  organizations.  It  is  doubtful 
whether  more  than  a  select  few  have  any  just  conception  of  the  work 
attempted  or  accomplished  by  the  organization  to  which  they  belong. 
An  annual  or  a  triennial  review  would  quicken  their  religious  life  and 
guide  it  into  well  established  channels  of  which  many  are  compara- 
tively ignorant. 

The  outline  or  tabulated  statistics  contained  in  such  sermons 
might  well  be  published.  It  certainly  should  be  permanently  recorded. 
The  sermons  or  addresses  prepared  by  the  Pastor  find  their  way  into 
his  "barrel"  or  waste  basket.  A  few  years  later,  when  an  extended  re- 
view might  be  made  with  profit,  a  new  Pastor  must  go  over  the  whole 
matter  again ;  and,  without  personal  knowledge  of  the  facts  at  the  time 
of  their  occurrence,  must  seek  to  supply  deficiencies  in  the  records  then 
accessible  to  him,  and  to  discover  the  whole  train  of  circumstances  lead- 
ing under  God  up  to  the  then  present  condition  of  the  church. 

But  whether  historical  sermons  are  frequent  or  not,  ought  not 
every  Pastor  to  keep  a  well  arranged  and  extensive  Pastor's  Register? 
This  important  part  of  our  Church  records — a  statistical  chronicle  or 
digested  annals — is  probably  the  part  most  neglected  of  all.  For  this 
there  are  several  reasons.  Our  theological  seminaries,  so  far  as  the 
writer  knows,  all  neglect  instruction  on  this  point.  Our  Boards  of 
Publication,  none  of  them,  publish  well  arranged  blank-book  Registers, 
so  ruled  and  spaced  as  to  make  their  keeping  as  systematic  and  valuable 
as  they  might  easily  be  made.     But  no  matter  how  good  the  blank-book, 


ECCLESIASTICAL  EECORDS.  23 

no  Register  will  fill  itself  neatly,  systematically,  contemporaneously. 
Tliat  takes  work.  But,  brethren,  it  is  worth  all  the  work  it  costs.  You 
owe  it  to  yourselves,  as  well  as  to  your  successors,  to  do  that  work  well.* 

•Among  the  recommendations  in  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  S.vnodical  His 
tory  adopted  in  1898  (see  Minutes,  p.  34 »  were  :  "1.  That  a  vigorous  effort  be  made 
in  each  of  the  Presbyteries  of  the  Synod  to  obtain  a  full  history  of  every  church,  and 
a  biographical  slietch  of  every  Minister,  Licentiate  and  Candidate  ever  at  work  with 
in  our  bounds.  2.  That  a  copy  qt  every  historical  discourse,  reviewing  the  work  of 
any  of  the  churches  or  Ministers,  be  forwarded  to  the  Chairman  of  the  Historical 
Committee  of  the  Presbytery  in  which  the  woric  was  done  :  and,  it  possible,  that  aii- 
other  copy  be  furnished   the  I'resbyterian   Historical    Society.   1319  Walnut  Street, 

Philadelphia,   I'a 4.  That   the  Committee  on   Presbyterial   History  be 

instructed   to   urge  each  Pastor  and  Clerls  of  Session  to  keep  an  accurate  Churcli 

Register,  always  posted  up  to  date,  which  shall  include  an  account  of  the  original 
organization  of  tlie  cluirch,  and  a  full  record  of  all  admissions,  baptisms,  deaths, 
elections,  stated  supplies  installations  and  other  events  in  the  church   life."     The 

publication  of  this  Presbyterial  History  ought  not  to  release  any  officer  from  the 
necessity  of  heeding  the  above  request.  The  Committee  on  History  desires  to  re- 
emphasize  it. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  REGISTER* 


PRESBYTERIAL  REGISTER. 


MEETINGS  OF  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  UPPER  MISSOURI. 


Place  Kind  Date  Moderator 

Richmond O Apr  H,  184:4 Lewis  Tliompson 

Lexington F Oct  10,  1844 \Vm  Dickson 

Nodaway S Apr  3, 1845 J  M  Inskeep 

Independence F No  meeting 

Liberty 3 Apr      1846 J  L  Yantis 

Independence A May  28, 1846 "  

Prairie  Ch C Sep  11,  1846 Wm  Dickson 

Bethel S Apr  1. 1847 Robert  Scott 

Richmond A May  7,  1847 "  

F Oct  7,  1847 J  M  Fulton 

Lexington A Oct  22, 1847 "         "  

Platte  City 8 Apr  6.  1848 J  L  Yantis J  M  Fulton J  M  Inskeep 

Independence F Oct  12,  1848 W  Dickson "  Eld  D  I  Caldwell 

Weston 8 Apr  5.  1849 T  A  Bracken "  R  H  Allen 

Bethel A No  minutes 

Prairie F Oct  11,  1849 W  Dickson R  S  Symington T  A  Bracken 

Crooked  River S Apr  11,  1850 R  Scott W  Dickson 

Lexini?ton A June  27-  1850 "       AV  C  Schenck RS  Symington 


Stated  Clerk  Temp.  Clerk 

J  L  Y'antis „ J  M  Inskeep 

"  Eld  J  M  Thompson 

W  Dickson 

"  V  Pentzer 

R  Scott 

"  A  R  Curry 

J  M  Inskeep 

"        !!!!!I!!!!!!!Z!r  scott 


Prairie F Oct  3,  1850 RS  Symington 

Savannah S Apr  11,  1851 Chas  Stewart 

Liberty F Sep  26,  1851 R  8  Symington 

Lexuiijton C Jan  7, 1852 W  Dickson 

Richmond S Apr  8,  1852 "  

Lexington F Oct  14, 1852 "  

Fulton A Oct  22, 1852 "  

Richmond .-..A Nov  3,  1852 "  

Liberty S Apr  14,  1853 1  W  Canfield 

Dover A Apr  19, 1853 A  V  C  Schenck ... 

Crooked  River F Oct  13,  1853 W  Dickson 

Liberty A Oct  22.  1853 R  S  Symington 

Richmond C Dec  28, 1853 1  W  Canfield 

Prairie  S Apr  13.  1854 W  R  Fulton 

Pisgah F Oct  7, 1854 A  V  C  Schenck 

Lexington A Nov  2,  1854 " 

Independence S Apr  12, 1855 B  M  Hobson 

Mt  olive C June  20,  1855 

Plum  Creek F Oct  3, 1855 1  W  Canfield 

Lexington C Mar  18,  1856 

Richmond S Apr  10. 1856 T  A  Bracken 

Hopewell  F Sep  27,  1856 G  Hickman 

S  Grand  River A Oct  25.  1856 B  M  Hobson 

Athens A Nov  15.  1S56 J  L  Yantis 


,.A  V  C  Schenck 


..R  S  Symington 
..J  B  Harbison 
..J  M  Keith 
..A  V  C  Schenck 
..T  A  Bracken 
..R  S  Symington 
..J  M  Keith 

'.!g  C  Crow 
..G  Hickman 
..G  C  Crow 

.'.'j  M  Keith 
..G  C  Crow 
..R  S  Symington 
..G  C  Crow 


PRESBYTERY  OF  LAFAYETTE. 

Pleasant  Hill O Apr  9.  1857 John  McFarland BM  Hobson J  T  Leonard 

Greenfield F Sep  10,  1857 W  Dickson 

Independence A Oct  2,  1857 "        

St  Thomas S Apr  1,  1858 T  A  Bracken 

Prairie F Oct  1,  1858 J  T  Paxton "  J  M  Chaney 

Liberty A Oct  10,  1858 '    "        "  

Kansas  City S Apr  7,  1859 D  Coulter "  A  Shotwell 

Warrensburg A June  3,  1859 "       


Deepwater F Sep  16, 1859 JT  Lapsley 

Pleasant  Hill 8 Apr  5, 1860 R  S  Symington 

Dover F Sep  21,  1860 T...J  T  Leonard 

Pleaiant  Hill A Nov  2,  1860       .    . 


j  J  McFarland 
• )  D  Coulter 
G  W  Harlan 
..J  Montgomery 
..T  A  Bracken 


26       .  CHRONOLOGICAL  REGISTER. 

LAFAYETTE— Cont . 

Place            Kind                Date                       Moderator  Stated  Clerk              Temp.  Clerk 

1st  Oh  Pettis         S      Apr  11, 1861 T  A  Bracken B  M  Hotoson J  il  Chaney 

A      1  Sab  June,  1861..D  Coulter "            B  M  Hobson 

High  Grove          F      Oct  5,  1861 S  W  Miteliell "            J  W  Wallace 

Waverly C Dec  3.  1861 '             "            

Pleasant  Hill.  ...  S Apr  19,  1862 R  S  Symington "           J  W  Wallace 

Hopewell               F      Oct  3.  1862 J  W  Wallace '•            Geo  Miller 

St  Louis  2d         .  O Oct  12,  1865 D  Coulter J  M  Clianey J  M  Clianey 

Dover                   ...8 Apr  13, 1866 W  Dickson "          J  A  Quarles 

Pleasant  Hill.  ..  A July  31. 1866 J  W  Wallace "          R  S  Symington 

Mt  Olive               .F Oet'6,  1866 D  Coulter "          J  M  Chaney 

Boonville A Oct  11,  1866 "       "          

At  this  time  the  party  adhering  to  the  Assembly  reorganized  the  Presbytery,  but  being  in  the 
minority  did  not  succeed  in  retaining  the  records. 

Boonville O Oct  12,  1866 George  Miller  Geo  Fraser Geo  Fraser 

Independence A Oct  16,  1866 "               "        " 

Pleasant  Hill C Feb  19, 1867 "               "        

Warrensburg      ..  S Apr  5,  1867 C  Sturdevant "        Eben  Muse 

K  C  First C July  11, 1867 "              " 

Pleasant  Hill       F....  Oct  4. 1867 Eben  Muse "        C  Sturdevant 

K  C  First A Oct  10.  1867 "        "        

Warrensburg A Nov  12, 1867 C  Sturdevant "        

"                    A...  ]SIov29, 1867 G  Fraser "        J  H  Byers 

.<                     »      T.»^ioiQfi'7                 >i  "                          ( C  Sturdevant 
A Decl2,1867 |  C  V  Monfort 

Sedalia       S Apr  3, 1868 Eben  Muse "        

Knobnoster A Apr  4,  1868 JH  Byers "        G  Miller 

K  C  First       C Sep  4.  1868 "           "         C  Sturdevant 

Sugar  Creek          F      Sep  24  1868 C  H  Dunlap 0  Sturdevant J  H  Byers 

St  Louis A Oct  15, 1868 "           "              

Pleasant  Hill       C      Dec  24, 1868 C  Sturdevant "             Geo  Milier 

Warrensburg S Apr  6, 1869 .Tas  Young "             Eld  P  S  Brown 

Pleasant  Hill F Sep  28. 1869 W  L  Breckenridge....R  Irwin J  H  Byers 

KC  First 8 Apr  5,  1870 A  J  Johnson "       *' 

PRESBYTERY  OF  OSAGE  (N.  S.) 

Cave  Spring         .8 Apr  27, 1866 A  G  Taylor J  M  Brown W  S  Mesmer 

Prairie  Grove F Sep  14, 1866 J  M  Brown "                                  " 

Salem  S Apr  4.  1867 No  quorum 

Butler                    A      May  3, 1867 Not  named "                        A  G  Taylor 

Cave  Spring   F Oct  10, 1867 A  G  Taylor "                         E  M  Halbert 

Osceola  8 Apr  23, 1868 J  M  Brown 

Butler    ■        F Sep  27,  1868 8  G  Clark " 

Sunnyside      8 Apr  1, 1869 E  M  Halbert "     •                    J  J  Brown 

Cave  Spring F Aug  19,  1869 A  G  Taylor "                        EM  Halbert 

Germantown 8 Apr  14, 1870 J  M  Brown "                        Eld  A  D  Taylor 

The  last  two  meetings  were  joint  meetings  with  the  Presbytery  of  Southwest  Missouri  (O. 
S.) 

PRESBYTERY  OF  OSAGE  (After  the  Reunion.) 

Clinton  O Sep  21,  1870 T  8  Reeve J  H  Byers J  H  Byers 

Kansas  City  2d.. ..A Oct  15, 1870 "         "       J  W  Allen 

Jefferson  City A Oct  21, 1870 "         "       

Kansas  City  2d  ...C Dee  15, 1970 "         "       ^„,,., 

Sedalia         S Apr  20, 1871 JH  Clark "       D  C  Milner 

Lexington        F Sep  12, 1871 J  T  Lapsley "       C  H  Dunlap 

Pleasant  Hill C Oct  9, 1871 "          "       

Springfield A Oct  14,  1871 J  H  Clark "       

Kansas  City C Dec  23. 1871 T  8  Reeve "       W  M  Cheever 

Pleasant  Hill C Mar  9, 1872 J  T  Lapsley •'       Geo  Miller 

8 Apr  19, 1872 J  A  Whitaker "       j  Eld  J  l^ltraln 

Holden           C June  25,  1872 J  H  Clark "       Geo  Miller 

Jefiferson'City..  ..F Sep  12,  1872 WM  Cheever "       B  F  Powelson 

Sedalia       A Oct  17,  1872 J  A  Whitaker "       " 

Kansas  City  2d..  C Dec  27, 1872 No  quorum 

Pleasant  Hill C Mar  18.  1873 Geo  Miller "       AJm  Coleman 

Tipton S Apr  8.  1873 J  C  Thornton |;       Eld  J  E  Reeve 

Kansas  dty  2d'.".F.Z.8ep^9.  IHIS.JZZ.W  L  Breckenridge'.'.!  "       [["ii^ii^iii.'.^y'^^Eld  J  M  C  Wilson 

StLouisZd A Oct  18,  1873 "                     ,  "       i  j  c  Thornton 

Holden 8 Apr  14, 1874 J  W  Allen "       ]  ^V  2  mills 


MEETINGS. 


27 


OSAGE— Cont. 
Place  Kind  Date  Moderator 

PltAsant  Hill F Sep  8,  1874 H  C  Hovej- 

Kirksville A Oct  16,  1874 "         

Warrensburg S Apr  15, 1875 Wm  Coleman 

Pleasant  Hill C July  9, 1875 '•  

Clinton  F Sep  14,  1875 Geo  Miller 

Kansas  City  Ist.A Oct  15,  1875 "        

..A Oct  18,  1875 •'         

Kansas  City  2d....C Nov  16, 1875 W  Coleman 

Sedalia A Dec  14, 1875 Geo  Miller 


Stated  Clerk 


Temp.  Clerk 


T  T  o^  J  ^^'  J  Lee 

J  ^^^ (  Eld  C  F  Smith 

D  C  Milner 

R  Dodd 

Eld  G  W  Shield 


Knobnoster S Apr  11, 1876 W  L  Breckenridge., 

Warrensburg F Sep  12. 1876 Reuel  Dodd 

A Nov  28, 1876 R  S  Reese 

A Dee  5,  1876 "       

Uolden S Apr  11,  1877 A  Walker 

Butler F Sep  11, 1877 AV  M  Newton 

St  Charle&. A Oct  2, 1877 A  Walker 

Sedalia S Apr  9, 1878 A  W  Colver 

Warrensburg A June  18, 1878 "  

Kansas  City  lst....F Sep  10, 1878 J  H  Byers 

Carthage O Oct  18,  1878 W  M  Newton 

Holden  C Dec  5, 1878 J  W  Allen 


Nevada S Apr  8,  1879 L  Railsback 

Olive  Branch F Sep  9,  1879 .". C  Fueller 

St  Joseph A Oct  17,  1879 J  W  Allen 

Freeman A Oct  30.  1879 C  Fueller 

Appleton  City S Apr  13, 1880 8  B  Bell 

Salt  Springs F Sep  14, 1880 R  H  Jackson 

Kansas  City  lst....A Oct  17,  1880 

Pleasant  Hill S Apr  12,1881 C  C  Kimball 

Kansas  City  2d F Sep  13. 1881 A  T  Robertson.. 

Brookfield O Oct  12,  1881 R  H  Jackson 

Kansas  City  2d....A Nov  10,  1881 A  T  Robertson. 

Clinton A Nov  17. 1881 R  H  Jackson 

Tipton 8 Apr  11,1882 J  8  Poage 

Butler F Sep  12, 1882 A  Walker 

St  Louis A Oct  12,  1882 '•       

Warrensburg C Nov  7, 1882 J  S  Poage 

Kansas  City  2d....A Dec  15, 1882 A  Walker 

Butler C Jan  26, 1882 C  Fueller 

Nevada 8 Apr  10,1883 J  F  Watkins 

Rich  Hill A June  27,  1883'. A  Walker 

Holden  F Sep  27, 1883 J  Thompson 

Nevada A Dec  18,1883 


....] 


W  M  Newton 
W  H  Hillis 


.Eld  C  F  Smith 

J  J  C  Thornton 

•  I  Eld  Wm  Young 
)  G  Miller 

•  Eld  G  W  Shield 


(  J  W  Allen 
■■(Lie  W  P  Baker 
j  W  M  Reed 

■  (  Eld  J  Au.-5tin 
..R  Dodd 

)  R  H  Jackson 

■  I  Eld  E  P  Henry 

"  ^  B  F  Powelson 

■  I  Eld  J  K  Morrow 
..J  W  Allen 

J  B  F  Powelsoa 
•  1  Eld  J  W  Cleland 
S  W  :M  Newton 

■  )  J  H  Bvers 

,  Eld  S  Calwallader 
..C  P  Blayney 
JTD  L  Landei^ 

■  JJAV  Allen 
\  J  Moore 

••  I  D  L  Lander 


„  »  D  L  Lander 

1  Eld  J  G  White 

..  iDLLander 

■)  G  A  Beattie 

"       W  M  Newton 

"       D  L  Lander 

"       G  A  Beattie 

TTo«^„,.     •  *  D  L  Lander 

^^^^<^^^ JEldJG  White 

)  C  P  Blayney 
Eld  W  C  Bell 


Clinton S Apr  4, 1884 J  H  Miller 

Kansas  City  2d. ...A Apr  22. 1884. 

K  C  Y  M  C  A C May  12, 1884  .  •  

Sedalia F Sep  19, 1884 W  R  Henderson.. 

Kansas  City  2d....A Oct  22,  1884 

Warrensburg S Apr  14, 1884 W  J  Lee 

Osceola F Sep  22, 1884 A  B  Martin 

Sedalia A...  Oct  21,  1884 " 

Appleton  City C Dec  23, 1884 

Tipton S Apr  13, 1886 J  C  Taylor 


DS 


J  H  Miller 
Eld  J  W  Cleland 
J  J  H  Miller 
■■j  Eld  W  CBell 
.W  H  Rogers 

J  H  Miller 
■)G  ABeattie 
W  H  Wleman 

W  R  Henderson 

Schaff •!  Eld  G  W    Cum- 

mings 


W  H  Rogers 
{  W  H  Wieman 
•  I  F  R  Farrand 

'  f  W  E  Maek 
\\\H  Wieman 
I  C  V  Blavney 
)  Eld  Li  W  Shield 


\  W  E  Mack 
(  Eld  J  G  White 


28 


CHRONOLOGICAL  REGISTER. 


OSAGE— Cont. 

Place  Kind  Date  Moderator 

Kansas  City  2d....A June  8, 1886 "        

Rich  Hill C July  2,1886 "        

Raymore F Sep  28, 1886 H  A  Nelson 

Fulton A Oct  13.  1886 "  

Kansas  City  1st.... C Nov  22,  1886 "  

'•      ■         ...C Dec  30. 1886 J  H  Miller 

...C Mar  24,  1887 J  C  Taylor 

Pleasant  Hill 8 Apr  12, 1887 Jos  Piatt 

Clinton A June  16, 1887 R  H  Jackson 

Kansas  Citylst....A June  22, 1887 J  Piatt 


Stated  Clerk  Temp.  Clerk 

.D  8  Schaft' J  H  Miller 


Rich  Hill F Sep  27,  1887 John  Herron  . 


\  R  H  Jackson 

•  (  Eld  S  8  Hufihes 

.J  H  Miller 
..L  Railsliack 
..J  H  Miller 
(  D  K  Steele 

•  j  Eld  F  E  Kellofrg 
..Eld  E  P  Lamkin 
..J  H  Miller 

( O  G  Morton 
..  <  Eld  E  P  Lamkin 
(Lie  JB  Hill 


PRESBYTERY  OF  KANSAS  CITY. 


Osceola    A Oct  14,  1887 John  Herron J 

•Jefferson  Cijy A Oct  19,  1887 "  

Knobnoster A Nov  3. 1887 "  

Holden 8 Apr  10. 1888 Wilson  Asdale 

Kansas  City  l3t....C May  1. 1888 "  

t(  rj       Triiie  *^3   1888  *' 

Kansas  City  2d"'.:c;;!!"july  31,'l888...'.'.'.'.'.'."j  C  Taylor ;;;.'. ■.■.'."" 

....F Sep  25, 1888 0  W  Gauss 

Kii-ksville       A Oct  17, 1888 W  Asdale 

Kansas  City  2d  ...A Oct  31,  1888 _.J  C  Taylor 

....C Dec  28, 1888 0  W  Gauss 

Clinton 8 Apr  9,  1889 J  Edmonson 

Kansas  City  2d....C May  21.  1889 **  

"  .A June  10,1889 AB  Martin 

...A June  24,1889 J  C  Taylor 

Butler F Sep  24, 1889 S  M  Ware 

Holden A Oct  16, 1889 "  

Kansas  City  2d....A Nov  4, 1889 J  Edmonson 

....A Nov  18,  1889 S  M  Ware 

"  .A..    Dec  3.  1889 A  B  Martin 

"  ....A Dec  17, 1889 "  

....A Jan  7.  1890 S  M  Ware 

....C Mar  3, 1890 J  C  Taylor 

Sedalia  B'way S Apr  8, 1890 0  G  Morton 

Kansas  City  2d. ...A May  20,  1890 "  

....C July  5. 1890 J  C  Taylor 

C  .    July  15, 1890 J  Edmonson 


Nevada F Sep  23,  1890 G  P  Wilson 

St  Louis A Oct  21,  1890 "  

Kansas  City  2d....A Nov  2, 1890 •'  

Warrensburs  A Dee  9,  1890 Josiah  Thompson.. 

Sedalia  B'-way A Dec  31, 1890 A  Walker 

0.seeola S Apr  7,  1891 C  H  Bruce 

K  C  Lin-wood A June  15, 1891 "        

Sharon F Sep  15, 1891 A  McLaren 

St  Joseph A Oct  21-2.  1891 "        

Kansas  City  5th..A Dec  8,  1891 C  H  Bruce 

Knobnoster A Dec  17, 1891 A  Walker 


Kansas  City  2d....S Apr  5, 1892 J  R  Stevenson.. 

"  ...A Apr  22. 1892 C  H  Bruce 

Rich  Hill A June  14. 1892 J  R  Stevenson. 

Warrensburg F Oct  4, 1892 W  M  Pocock 

Kansas  City  l8t....A Oct  19.  1892 

....A Oct  21, 1892 

Sedalia  Cent'l 8 Apr  4, 1893 Jolin  B  Hill 


H  Miller 8  M  Ware 

"         Eld  Gordon  Hardy 

(  S  M  Ware 

(  Eld  E  W  Snyder 

C  H  Bruce 

"         A  B  Martin 

^  S  M  Ware 

(  Eld  J  P  Watkins 

EldEWSchaulfler 

Lie  J  B  Hill 

\  C  H  Bruce 

)  W  M  Baird 

CH  Bruce 

" L  Railsback 

C  H  Bruce 

^  S  T  McCIure 
/  Eld  E  P  Lamkin 

''ZZl^Z'lC  H  Bruce 

"        ZZ^Z^ZlC  H  Bruce 
"        Eld  G  H  Winn 

( R  H  Jackson 

•    JCTavlor 

f  Eld  F  E  Kelloi;? 

"  Eld  C  Richardson 

Eld  J  O  Hogs 

Eld  F  E  Kellotrcr 

^EldsJOHoir- 
(  and  A  H  cJossard 

"'"""Z'''Za  Walker 

Eld  G  H  Winn 

W  M  Pocock 

)  W  F  Shields 

)  Eld  C  A  Young 

W  F  Shields 

,,  |i  R  R  Marquis 

I  Eld  Jas  Cousley 

John  B  Hill 

"        W  F  Shields 

"         R  B  Marquis 

\  J  B  Hill 

}  Eld  J  G  Wliite 

, H  M  Campbell 

John  B  Hill 

(  J  B  Hill 

{  H  M  Campbell 

I  C  H  Bruce 

:...F  W  Hinitt 

W  P  Shields 

„  (  J  R  Stevenson 
j  Eld  J  O  Hogg 


MEETINGS. 


29 


K.AJJSAS  CITY— Cont. 


Place  Kind  Date  Moderator 

Kansad  City  2d...C May  29,  1893 Tohn  B  Hill J 

Drexel      A June  6, 1893 B  M  Campbell 

Kansas  City  2d....C July  5, 1893 John  B  Hill 

....C Sep  8,  1893 "  

Jefferson  City F Sep  26, 1893 H  m' Campbell 

Carthage A Oct  18,  1893 John  B  Hill 

"      A Oct  19.  1893 "  

Kansas  City  2d....A Nov  20, 1893 C  H  Bruce 

Clinton ^ S Apr  3, 1894 W  M  Newton 

Kansas  City  2d....A May  8, 1894 John  B  Hill 

...C June  5,  1894 "  


Holden . 


..F Sep  25, 1894 J  A  P  McGaw.. 


Brookfield A Oct  17-8,  1894 

Kansas  City  2d....C Nov  20,  1894 

"  ...C Mar  26,  1895 

Kansas  City  5th..S Apr  9, 1895 R  R  Marquis 

Warrensburg A May  7,  1895 "  

Kansas  City  2d.... C Aug  20,1895 J  A  P  McGaw 

Jefferson  City F Sep  24, 1895 H  C  Stanton 

SpgnKfleld A Oct  16,  1895 "  

'•  A Oct  17,  1895 R  R  Marquis 

Kansas  City  2d..  A Nov  2, 1895 H  C  Stanton 

Butler „ „.S Apr  14, 1896 R  H  Jackson 

Kansas  City  2d....C June  9, 1896 "  

Nevada A June  18, 1896       J  A  P  McGaw 

NVarrensburg C July  6, 1896 R  H  Jackson 

Independence F Sep  22, 1896 E  S  Brownlee 

Sedalia  B"way A Oct  21-2,  1896 

Clinton „ S Apr  13,1897 H  D  Jenkins 

K  C  Linwood C June  7, 1897 

Ray  more F Sep  28, 1897 G  F  Ayres 

Centerview A Oct  8. 1897 R  R  Marquis 

Kansas  City  5th. .A Oct  18, 1897 G  F  Ayres 

K  C  Linwood A Oct  21, 1897 ••       

St  Louis  2d A Oct  28,  1897 H  D  Jenkins 

A Oct  29, 1897 R  R  Marquis 

Sedalia  B'way S Apr  12, 1898 E  W  Clippinger.. 

Kansas  City  2d....C May  23,  1898 H  D  Jenkins 

Sedalia  Cent'l 0 July  28, 1898 E  W  Clippinger.. 

Lowry  City F Sep  27, 1898 R  C  Bailey 

Kansas  City  2d. ...A Oct  26, 1898 G  F  Ayres 

...A Oct  27, 1898 R  C  Bailey 

...A Oct  28.  1898 H  C  Stanton 

Kansas  City  5th.. C Dec  1.  1S98 "  

Kansas  Citv  2d...C Dec  7.  1898 H  D  Jenkins 

Kansas  Citj-  3d....C Dee  22, 1^98 

Warrensburg S Apr  11, 1899 John  F  Hendy  .. 

Kansas  City  2d    A May  23,  1899 R  C  Bailey 

Rich  Hill A June  8,  1899  H  D  .Tenkins 

Sedalia  B'way C July  3,  1899 J  F  Hendy 

Kansas  City  3d....C Aug  14,  1899 H  D  Jenkins 

Warrensburs C Sep  4,  1899 E  W  Clippinicer 

Appleton  City F Sep  26, 1899 J  S  VanMeter 

Hannibal A Oct  25.  1899 

Clinton C Feb  20,1900 


Stated  Clerk  Temp.  Clerk 

H  Miller  : H  M  Camiibell 

"     •   E  P  Dun  lap 

H  M  Campbell 

"         Egon  Wacht-er 

(  \V  T  Wardle 

•'         •  F  W  Hinitt 

(  Eld  J  O  Hogg 
"         J  R  Stevenson 


EldPHHolcomb 
BldJG  White 
R  R  Marquis 

Eld  G  W  Shield 

0  H  Bruce 

( G  H  Williamson 

{  E  S  Brownlee 

(J  B.Hill 


..John  B  Hill 
J  E  S  Brownlee 

■  \  Eld  J  G  Wliite 

..C  H  Bruce 

..John  B  nill 
<  L  M  Belden 

""  I  R  H  Jackson 


..L  M  Belden 

C^E  W  Clippinger 
..  ]  Bid  J  R  Lucas 

( H  A  Hymes 
..John  B  Hill 


.E  W  Clippinger 
(  E  W  Clippinger 
>  T  M  Cornelison 
<  Eld  C  A  Young 
)  E  W  Clipi)inger 
4  G  B  Sproule 

'  \  Eld  V  M  Hobbs 

John  B  Hill 
(PB  Jenkins 

,  <,  Cornelison 
( McClusky 

.E  W'  Clippinger 

John  B  Hill 


,.E  W  Clippinger 

"  (  P  B  Jenkins 
•  I  T  M  Cornelison 
..John  B  Hill 
..J  D  Catlin 
(  L  P  Cain 
•JEW  McCluskv 
..S  D  Jewell 


..John  B  Hill 
..P  B  Jenkins 
..John  B  Hill 

(  J  D  Catlin 
••  j  A  E  Vanorden 
..John  B  Hill 
..J  H  Miller 
..A  E  Vanorden 

S  PB  Jenkins 
•i  John  B  Hill 
,.A  E  Vanorden 

)  M  B  W  Granger 
•  i  W  B  Chancellor 
..S  D  Jewell 
.W  F  VanderLippe 


30 


Place 


CHRONOLOGICAL  REGISTER. 

KANSAS  CITY— Cont. 
Kind               Date                      Moderator                 Stated  Clerk  Temp.  Clerk 

...S Apr  10, 1900 8  D  Jewell J  H  Miller )  ^- g  c^haneefkfr 


Tipton _. 

Kansas  City  5th.. A May  11,  1000      .... 

"                   ..A May  25,  1900 "  

Raymore A June  1,   1900 "  

Kansas  City  5th..C July  31,  1900 "         , 

Hi.^li  Point F Sep  25, 1900 E  W  McClusky 

Maiyyille A Oct  24-5.  1900 " 

Kansas  Citylst....C Noy  29,  1900 John  B  Hill 

Independence S Apr  9, 1901 A  D  Madeira... 

Kansas  City  5th.. C May  21,  1901 " 


.Paul  B  JiMikins 
..John  B  Hill 

J  T  Boyer 

\  W  B  Chancellor 
•  )  Eld  E  M  Wright 
..John  B  Hill 
..■NVni  Carter 

\  J  E  Stevenson 
■ )  J  M  Ross 
..J  L  McKee 


PASTORATES. 


PRESBYTERY  OF  UPPER  MISSOURI. 

N.  B.— Only  those  pastorates  are  here  recorded  that  were  in  churches  in  the  tern 
occupied  by  the  Presbytery  of  Kansas  City. 


Pastor 


Committee  to  Install 


Installation 
Dissolution 


Churcti  Call 
Presented 

T  A  Bracken  Prairie Dickson,  Smyington,  Dickson,  Yantis Dec  1849 

Oct.  12. 1849  (PbyLat) 

A  V  C  Schenck Lexington Scott,  Dickson,  Smyington June  28. 1850 

April  11,  1850  Oct  14.  1853 

W  H  Pawling  Independence Declined 

April  15,  1854 


B  M  Hobson . 


Lexington  Harbison,  Pawling,  Bracken Nov  5. 1854 

Oct.  7  1854  (PbyLaf) 

R  8  Symington Pleasant  Hill Declined 

April  15,  1855 

J  W  Clark        Marshall Hobson,  Hickman June  22,  1855 

June  20,  1855  (PbyLaf) 

T  A  Bracken Independence Fackler,  Hobson,  Eld,  Cogswell 

Oct.  3, 1855  (PbyLaf) 

D  Coulter Hopewell 

March  18,  1856 

J  \v  Clark  Pisgah Coulter,  Dickson  and  Eld  L  Green May,  1856 

April  11, 1856  (PbyLaf) 

J  W  Clark     St.  Thomas Not  placed  in  his  hands 

Sept.  29,  1856 

J  T  Leonard       . .  .So.  Grand  River....Hobson,  Yantis.  Bracken,  Smyington Oct  26,  1856 

Sept.  29.  1856  <  I'by  I'^t) 


PASTORATES.  31 

PRESBYTERY  OF  LAFAYETTE  (do«ii  to  the  D.  and  T.  siilit.) 

Pfl.fnr  Church  Call  CommiftPP  tn  ln<;fall  Installation 

Pastor  Presented  tommittee  to  install  Dissolution 

I  WClark..._ Pisgah  and  Mar- 

ahall Installation  by  Pby  of  L'pper  Missouri April  6, 1860 

J  M  Chaney St.  Thomas   and 

Dover Bracken,  Lapsley  Coulter  at  S  T .ipril  4,  "58  (ST) 

Aprils,  '60  (ST) 

April  2,  1858  Dickson,  Clark,  Hobson April  24,  "58  (D) 

Oct  7, '67.  (D) 

J  T  Lapsley Pleasant  Hill Call  returned,  1860 

April  8,  1859 

R  S  Smyington Kansas  City  1st  ....Bracken,  Pawling 

June  4,  1859  April  5,  I'^SO 

George  Miller Pleasant  Hill Leonard,  Hancock,  Bracken Nov  4, 1860 

Sept  22, 1860  Tliis  pastorate  was  dissolved  by  the  D  and  T  party  in   the 

Presbytery, Aug.  1, 1866.  The  Assembly's  Presbytery  sustain- 
ed the  pastor's  appeal,  retaining  him  in  the  pastorate  until 
April  4,  1868.  • 

lohn  Montgomerylst  Ch  Pettis Coulter,  Hobson ........*. June,  1861 

l9t  Sat  June  '61  ^  April  16.  1866 

T  A  Bracken Independence ^ ( Pby  Up  Mo) 

Oct  6, 1866 

B  M  Hobson Lexington ., (Pby  Up  Mo) 

Oct  6, 1866 

PRESBYTERY  OF  LAFAYETTE  (Assembly  Party.) 

George  Fraser Kansas  City  1st 

Oct  16, 1866  Call  returned,  Sept  4, 1868 

Eben  Muse Warrenftnirg Sturdevant,  Miller,  Byers,  Fraser Nov  12, 1867 

Oct  5, 1867  April  6,  1870 

J  W  Clark Lexington Breckenridge,  Miller  and  Blder  Wherry 

Sept  4  1868  (Pby  Osage) 

Robt  Irwin Kansas  City  Ist  ....Breckenridge,  Dunlap May  1, 1869 

April  8, 1869  (Pby  Osage) 

PRESBYTERY  OF  LEXINGTON. 

The  facts  regarding  installations  by  the  Presbytery  of  Lexington  are  not  known  except  in 
the  two  following  cases. 
Chas  D  Nott Kansas  City  2d Call  returned 

April  6.  1870 
Hiram  Hill „....Holden E  B  Sherwood.  T  .8  Reeve May  10.  1870 

April  6,  1870  { Pby  Osage) 

PRESBYTERY  OF  ST.  LOUIS. 

J  A  Whitaker Jefferson  City : (Pby  Osage) 

PRESBYTERY  OF  OSAGE  (After  the  Reunion.) 

Jas  H  Clark Warrensburg Call  returned  .\pril  23,  1872 

April  21.  1871 

Jas  \V  Claik Concord  (Salt 

Springs) Timothy  Hill  only  member  present May  12,  1872 

April  2, 1871  Sept  10,  1873 

Mr.  C.  was  released  from  Lexington  Sept.  13, 1871. 

Geo  Miller Greenwood Lapsley,  Breckenridge 

April  22.  1871  April  15,  1874 

W  M  Cheever Kansas  Citv  2d Milner,  Irwin,  Hill  Dec31,lS71 

Dec  31. 1871 (Died)  .Tune  2,  1878 

J  H  Byers Lexington Hill  Cheever,  Allen  .     . 

April  20,  1872  Sept  9, 1874 

Wni  Coleman Pleasant  Hill Breckenridge,  Allen 

Sept  13, 1872  -^ept  15.  1875 


32  •     CHRONOLOGICAL  REGISTER. 

OSAGE— Cont. 

Pastor  Chu^;tf/J'  Committee  to  Install  'otsou!^Z 

John  H  Millei-        Sedalia S  J  NiccoUs,  Hill,  Milner,  Irwin Oct  20, 1872 

Oct  17.  1872  .  April  12, 1876 

Alex  Walker Tipton Byers,  Allen Oct  21, 1872 

Oct  18, 1872  Jan  26, 1883 

Hiram  Hill Holden ,     „     ^  „ 

(Pby  Lex)  March  18. 1873 

Robt  Irwin Kansas  City  1st 

(Pby  Laf)  April  9,  1873 

W  H  HUlis  .  Warrensburg Lee,  Cheever,  Hovey 

April  9, 1873  April  16, 1875 

H  C  Hovey  Kansas  City  1st.... Hill,  Cheever,  Milner  and  E  O  Hovey  D  D 

July  15, 1873  Not  installed 

J  A  Whitaker Jefferson  City 

•  (Pby  St  Louis)  July  15, 18/3 

Wm  J  Lee       Holden Hillis,  Byers,  Cheever 

Oct  18,  1873  Nov  7,  1882 

W  G  Keady Jefferson  City Call  returned  April  19, 1875 

April  16, 1874 

Reuel  Dodd Clinton Keady,  Lee,  Walker 

Sept  9, 1874  June  18, 1878 

F  Van  der  Lippe....New  Frankfort Bruner,  A  Van  der  Lippe 

Sept  15, 1875  Sept  9, 1879 

W  J  Lee Warrensburg Call  returned  Sept  15, 1875 

H  M  Skockley        Sedalia Allen,  Lee,  Cheever 

April  12, 1877  -  April  14,  1880 

J  F  Bruner  Malta  Bend Call  returned  Sept  12 

April  12,  1877 

S  B  Bell  Kansas  City  lst....Hill,  Railsback,  Madeira,  Allen April  28, 1878 

April  10,  1878  April  12, 1882 

WMNe-wton  Butler Po-welson,  Dodd,  Byers,  Allen May  9, 1878 

April  10,  1878  Dec  15,  1882 

Chas  Fueller  Warrensburg Colver,  Shockley,  Lee,  Poage June  18, 1878 

June  18,  1878  April  11, 1883 

C  C  Kimball       .    K  C  Second Bell,  Hill,  Railsback,  Madeira April  13.  1879 

April  9,  1879  Nov  10.  1881 

DL  Lander Malta  Bend  and  .,„,oo^ 

Salt  Springs Chas  Fueller Sept  19, 1880 

Oct  17, 1889  April  9, 1884 

G  A  Beattie         Sedalia  1st Jackson,  Fueller,  Poage Sept  29. 1880 

Sept  15, 1880  _  Sept  29, 1886 

J  G  Fackler  Clinton Jackson,  Beattie,  Watkins Nov  17, 1881 

Nov  17, 1881  Sf  Pt  12,  1883 

J  F  Watkins Osceola Beattie,  Fackler Oct  30, 1882 

Sept  3, 1882  Oct  13, 1886 

J  F  Watkins       .  ...Brownington Fackler,  Beattie Oct  29, 1882 

Sept  3, 1882  Oct  13, 1886 

John  H  Miller        K  C  Fourth Hill,  Piatt,  Walker,  Railsback .'. May  6,  1883 

Dec  15, 1882  Sept  27, 1888 

C  L  Thompson       K  0  Second Walker,  8  J  Niccols,  Beattie,  Hill,  Railsback  Dec  17, 1882 

Dec  15, 1882  July  31, 1888 

Alex  Walker  Butler  Lander,  J  H  Miller,  Fueller,  Railsback April  8, 1883 

Jan  26, 1883  Nov  4. 1889 

J  Hays  Allin Schell  City,  Mont- 
rose        Not  installed 

April  11,  1883 

D  S  Schaff  K  C  First      Piatt,  Thompson.  Philip  Schaff,  Hill "Dec  30, 1886 

April  11, 1883  J""e  23,  1888 


PASTORATES.  38 

OSAGE— Cont. 

Do,.»«.  Church  Call  P/»»,n.iMoo  ««  inctoii  Installation 

Pas*""^  Presented  Committee  to  Install  Dissolution 

A  W  Milster Clinton .Declined 

Sept  12, 1883 

W  H  Wieman Rich  Hill Clark,  Thompdon,  Walker May,       1884 

April  9, 1884  July  2, 1886 

W  E  Mack K  C  Third _ J  H  Miller,  Thompson,  Schaff,  Hill April  17,  1884 

April  9, 1884  Not  reported 

A  B  Martin Appleton  City Clark,  Miller,  Walker,  Jackson May,       1894 

April  9,  1884  June  22,  1887 

F  R  Farrand Clinton Henderson,  Cravens,  Martin May,       1884 

April  9,  1884  March  24,  1887 

George  Miller Nevada Martin,  Weller,  Walker 

Sept  10,  1884 April  11, 1888 

Dwight  K  Steele....WarrensburK Call  returned  Oct  21,  1891 

April  15,  1885 

L  I  Drake Holden Thompson,  Beattie,  Poage Nov  4,  1885 

Sept  23, 1885  Nov  22, 1886 

O  W  Gauss Jefferson  City Martin,  Beattie,  Railsback Dec  17, 1885 

Dec  3,  1885  April  9, 1890 

W  M  Newton Ravmore 

April  14,  1886  Nov  20, 1893 

J  FWatkins Rich  Hill Schaff,  Edmonson,  Walker April  28.  1887 

April  13, 1887  Sept  29,  1887 

l.ihn  Herron Sedalia J  H  Miller,  Steele,  Asdale May  5. 1887 

April  13, 1887 Sept  24, 1890 

S  M  Ware Clinton Herron.  Jackson,  Tlios  Marshall,  Geo  Miller 

June  16, 1887  July  5,  1890 

A  B  Martin K  C  Third Railsback,  Thompson,  Bruce,  J  H  Miller Nov  3. 1887 

June  22, 1887  June  16, 1891 

C  H  Bruce K  C  Fifth Railsback,  Thompson,  Schaff,  P  8  Allen Oct  25,  1887 

Sept  28, 1887  June  1, 1897 

Thos  H  Jones K  C  1st  Welsh Thompson,  Schaff,  Eld  M  M  Jones,  Rails- 
back 
Sept  28, 1887  Nov  18, 1889 

H  C  Keeley  Osceola G  Miller,  Watkins,  Jackson,  Thos  Marshall  Oct  14, 1887 

Sept  28, 1887  Oct  31, 1888 

PRESBYTERY  OF  KANSAS  CITY 

O  G  Morton Holden Thompson,  Asdale,  Walker April  12,  1888 

April  11,  1888  Dec  9, 1891 

J  Edmonson Nevada J  H  Miller,  McDougall,  Herron Oct  23. 1888 

Sept  26, 1888  June  15, 1892 

D  R  Crockett Greenwood Walker,  Taylor 

Oct  17,  1888  April  8, 1891 

Geo  P  Hays K  C  Second Taylor,  Miller,  Martin,  E  C  Ray Dec  28,  18S8 

Dec  28, 1888  Sept  8. 1893 

J  C Taylor K  C  Hill  Memo Bruce,  Hays,  Martin,  Miller May  5, 1889 

April  10, 1889  May  8,  1894 

G  P  Wilson K  C  First Railsback,  Hays,  Martin,  S  M  Neel May  2, 1889 

April  11, 1889  Dee  9.  1890 

J  H  Miller Rich  Hill Edmonson,  Hay8,Walker,Railsback,Martin  July  11,  1889 

May  21, 1889  Dec  7,  1898 

Wilson  Asdale* Tipton Ware,  Herron,  Morton _ ....Oct,        1889 

Oct  18, 1889  Oct  19, 1892 

W  G  Pollock K  C  Fourth 

Dec  17, 1889 Not  installed. 

W  F  Shields Sharon Miller,  Crockett,  Walker Oct  16,  1890 

Sept  24, 1890  April  5,  1893 


34  CHRONOLOGICAL  REGISTER. 

KANSAS  CITY— Gont. 

Pa«tnr  Church  Call  r/immiHoo  ♦«  inc»oii  Installation 

^^®'°'  Presented  Committee  to  Install  Dissolution 

E  P  Dunlap K  C  Linwood Martiu,  Wilson,  Walker,  Hays Nov  7,  1890 

Oct  22, 1890 July  5,  1893 

J  R  Stevenson Sedalia  B'way Walker,    Newtoo,  Steele,  Ross   Stevenson, 

W  G  Craig Dee  31.  1890 

Dee  9, 1890  June  5, 1894 

W  M  Pocock Clinton Hays,  Edmonson,  Walker 

Dec  9,  1890  April  10,  1895 

J  Herron Sedalia  Central  .... 

Dec  31, 1890  Call  returned. 

R  R  Marquis Sedalia  Central Jackson,  Stevenson,  Bruce, Pocock,  A  A  E  May  18,  1891 

Taylor 
April  8,  1891  Oct  28,  1897 

H  C  Stanton K  C  First Bruce,  S  M  Neel,  W  N  Page,  Hays June  30,  1891 

June  16,  1891  April  12,  1899 

H  M  Campbell K  C  Fourth ^McLaren,  Hays,  Walker,  Miller,  Dunlap ..Sept  28,  1891 

Sept  16,  1891  Nov  20,  1893 

W  H  Hyatt KC  Third McLaren,  Bruce,  Walker,  Hays Nov  23, 1891 

Oct  21,  1891  Oct  19, 1893 

John  B  Hill Butler Hays,  Theo  W  Harris,  Newton,  Walker Jan  21,  1892 

Dec  9, 1991  "  Nov  20. 1894 

A  A  Boyd Knobnoster,  Salem 

April  6, 1892 Call  returned  April  5, 1893. 

W  E  Voss Eldorado  Springs  Pocock,  Hyalt •. June  28, 1892 

April  6, 1892  April  4, 1894 

Jos  Mayou Greenwood 

April  6, 1892 Call  Returned 

W  T  Wardle Holden Stevenson,  Josiah  Thompson June  22. 1892 

April  22,  1892  April  10,  1895 

F  WHinitt Warrensburg Pocoek,  Hays,  Miller,  Marquis Oct  5, 1892 

April  22,  1892  March  26, 1895 

JAP  McGaw K  C  Linwood Campbell,  Hill,  Stanton,  Bruce Oct  3,  1893 

Sept  27,  1893  June  7,  1897 

J  B  Welty K  C  Fourth Stanton,  McGaw,  Bruce May  30.  1894 

April  4, 1H94  April  16,  1895 

E  S  Brownlee Appleton  City :..Not  installed 

May  8,  1894 

G  H  Williamson  ..Jefferson  City E  D  Walker,  Marquis,  Pocock,  E  C  Goitton.Nov  1, 1894 

Sept  26, 1894  Oct  16, 1895 

W  P  Nelson K  C  Third 

Sept  26,  1894 Call  Returned 

E  W  CUpplnger  ....Warrensburg Murquis,Bruce,  Miller, Williamson,Sproule  May  7,  1895 

April  10,  1895  Sept  4,  1899 

W  F Price Sedalia  B'wav Marquis.  McGaw, ED  Walker,  Williamson..  May  1,  1895 

April  10, 1895  July  6, 1896 

E  W  Thompson Clinton 

Sept  25, 1895 Call  laid  on  table. 

R  C  Bailey Holden Marquis,  Bruce,  Clippinger Nov  12, 1895 

Nov  2,  1895  May  23, 1899 

H  D  Jenkins K  C  Second Stanton,  J  H  Barrows,  McGaw Nov  21, 1895 

Nov  2,  1895  July  31,  1900 

L  M  Belden K  C  Third Stanton,  H  D  Jenkins,  McGaw Apfil  23.  1896 

April  15,  1896  Aug  14,  1899 

J  F  Watkins Butler 

April  15,  1896 Call  returned. 

H  A  Hymes „.Clinton Jackson,  Bruce,  Marquis „May  4,  1896 

April  15.  1896  Dec  1, 1898 


PASTORATES.  85 

KANSAS  CITY— Cont. 

D»<,t».  Church  Call  r^^^at^^  »«  i„o«oii  Installation 

Pastor  Presented  Committee  to  Install  Dissolution 

J  F  Hendy Jefferson  City H  D  Jeulcins,  E  D  Walker,  Hill May  '26,  1891! 

April  15.  1896 

T  M  Cornelison  ...Nevada Jackson,  McGaw,  Miller,  Bailey June  18.  18SK! 

June  9,  1896  '  July  28,  189S 

B  W  McClusky K  C  Hill  Memo Railsback,  McGaw,  Taylor Oct  13. 189G 

Sept  23. 1896  May  23, 1898 

M  E  Krotzer Raymore Watkins.  E  D  Walker,  Railsbaek Nov  13.  1896 

Oct  21, 1896  Dec  22. 1898 

LP  Cain Sedalia  B'way Marquis, Boyd,  Hendy,  Stevenson" Nov  20.  1896 

Oct  22,  1896  July  3, 1899 

.r  T  Beyer Osceola.  Vista Watkins,  Marquis,  Newton April  27,  1897 

April  14. 1897  Feb  20, 1900 

P  B  Jenkins K  C  Linwood Ayers,  Hendy,  H  D  Jenkins,  8  M  Neel,  Hill.Oct  21, 1897 

Sept  29,  1897 

I  PMcCurdy K  C  Fifth Ayres,  8  M  Neel,  Stanton,  H  D  Jenkins,  Hill  Oct  18.  1897 

Sept  29, 1897  Dec  31. 1899 

MB  W  Granger Warsaw May  29. 1898 

April  13, 1898  April  11.  1900 

S  D,Iewell Butler W  C  Porter,  Newton,  Hill May  7, 1898 

April  13,  1898 

J  D  Catlin Sedalia  Central Clippinger,  Cornelison,  Cain _ May  11. 1898 

April  13, 1898  .  July  3. 1899 

J  H  Miller Nevada Watkins,  C  B  McAfee,  HO  Scott,  McKee June  IS,  1901 

Dec  7,  1898 

J  S  Van  Meter Clinton Miller,  Watkins,  Eld.  John  Montgomery  Jr.April  30.  1S99 

April  12.  1899 

WF  VanderLippeBrownington Van  Meter,  Bover,  Newton Aug  22, 1899 

April  12.  1899 

WFVanderLippe  Deepwater Van  Meter,  Boyd,  Newton Aug  21,  1899 

April  12.  1899 

W  B  Chancellor  ....Rich  Hill Bailey,  H  D  Jenkins,  Miller June  8.  1899 

May  23.  1899 

E  W  Clippinger Sedalia  B'wav Hendy,  Boyd,  Elder  G  H  Howe Sept  19, 1899 

Sept  4, 1899  ' 

Wm  Carter K  C  First Van  Meter,  H  D  Jenkins,  McCurdy,  Hill Oct  10, 1899 

Sept  27. 1899 

A  A  Boyd .Sedalia  Central Van  Meter,  Vanorden,  Clippinger „.March  8,  1900 

Oct  25, 1899 

J  M  Ross Warrensburg VanMeter,  Carter,  Eld.  J  Montgomery,  Jr.  ..Nov  13,  1899 

Oct  36. 1899 

W  0  Coleman K  C  Fourth Jewell,  H  D  Jenkins,  Loucks,  Hill  _ April  20, 1900 

April  11. 1900 

J  L  McKee, K  C  Fifth Jewell,  P  B  Jenkins,  Carter,  Hill,  Taylor May  25, 1900 

May  11.  1900 

W  E  Loucks K  C  Third Carter,  Coleman,  Hill Oct  11, 1900 

Sept  26. 1900 

C  C  McGinley Independence        Madeira,  Hendy.  Hill,  Miller,  Carter  _ April  11,  1901 

April  10. 1901 
C  C  McKvnney  Malta  Bend  and 

Salt  Springs Madeira,  Watkins,  White May  3  and  i.lDOl 

April  10.  1901 


36  CHRONOLOGICAL  REGISTER. 

PERMANENT  COMMITTEES  OF  THE  PRESBYTERY 

(after  the  reunion.) 

HOME   MISSIONS. 

Appointed  Chairman  Otiier  Members 

Sept.,  1870 R  Irwin T  Hill,    Elder  CF  Smith 

April,  1871  "       WMCheever,    Eld  C  F  Smith 

Sept.,' 1872...' J  W  Allen ''  " 

April,  1873 W  M  Cheever D  C  Milner 

April' 1874  "  HC^Hovey,    EldJEKeeAe 

slptl'ii?! ''      ::::::;;:;.;:.::.Geo  Miller  ■•   EidJMcwiison 

April  1877  "  Timothy  Hill  "  " 

April  1878 W  J  Lee Alex  Walker,    E  L  DeGarmo 

Sept.,  1879 Alex  Walker C  H  Fueller 

April  1882  "  Eld  Jacob  Crone 

J^ 'lii|""---'=""-"  ::  :^'^  ^  ^  ^'"'^C  L Thompson.   D  S  Schafl,   Eld  E  W 

'  Schauffler 

April,  1884 "  Eld  E  P  Henry 

April,  1887  ..    ..  "  J  F  Watkins 

&it!i ::  .'''  A  B  Martin 

Sept.,'l889'.r.ZZ.".r...;  "    KldHCWyatt. 

Nov  ,  1889  8  M  Ware Eld  E  P  Lamkin, 

July,  1890  .     .JH  Miller Eld  F  E  Kellogg.        ,      „     ,  t 

Sept    1890  '■  Geo  P  Hays,    Eld  John  Montgomery,  Jr 

April',  1S91 Jas  Edmonson A  B  Martin,    Eld  G  H  Wmn 

Tune    1891  *'  W  M  Pocock,  " 

septasgiz:::::::::     "        : ..''..,  ^AV'T- '^^'^^''''°'' 

April.  1892  .W  M  Pocock John  B  Hill,  W  M  Newton. 

Sept.,1893;;:.:.:.:....:.' "  '•  HMCampbell, 

Anvil  1894  "  "  C  H  Bruce, 

tPnt  'lH94 "  "  '■  J  F  Watkins 

sipt:;  l895::zzzzj  F  watkin^zzz:        •;       ,^  ''       ^Si?£f°?; 

tsPTif    isn7  "  •'  J  F  Hendy,     W  M  Newton 

Sii,l9oIzz:::z:      "      ::::::;:::        '•  "         J  ^  stevenson 


MINISTERIAL  RELIEF, 

Sept..  1870 JHByers ^  ^,  r.-  a 

April  1873  W  M  Newton Eld  E  K  Gird 

April,  1877        A  W  Colver Eld  P  S  Brown 

April,  1878 "  Eld  R  C  Williamson 

Apnl"  IPo C  H^F\?elfer ""■.:.■■.;..■  Eld  J  C  McKibben,    Eld  Wm  Rust 

April,"  1882        J  H  Miller Eld  Jon  Ford 

April,  1888  C  L  Thompson Eld  Jon  Ford 

Sept.  1888  Jas  Edmonson Eld  R  W  Mitchell 

Sept.,  1890     J  C  Taylor Eld  J  O  Hogg 

Sept.,  1891 "        Eld  D  Canithers 

Sept.,  1894 "        5  ^];l  ?x*^w^*"° 

Sept..  1895 "        EldG  H  Winn 

FOREIGN  MISSIONS. 

April.  1873 J  B  Allen Eld  A  M  Nichol 

April,  1874  W  M  Cheever Eld  J  M  C  Wilson 

April, 1875 Tljnothy  Hill " 

April,  1877  R  Dodd  Eld  J  A  De  la  \  ergne 

Sept.,  1878 S  B  Bell "  ^   ,   r,„„tH<. 

Sept.  1380       "        G  A  Seattle 

April,  1882       G  A  Beattie Eld  J  (i  White 

April,  1887 Geo  Miller " 

Sept.,  1887 John  Herron 


COMMITTEES.  37 

FORE[GN  MISSIONS— Cont. 

Appointed  Chairman  Other  iVIembers 

Sept.,  1)^S9    C  H  Bruce Eld  F  J  Baird 

Sept.,  1890      "  Eld  W  J  Wetstlne 

Sept.,  1891 "  Eld  G  H  Winn 

Sept.,  1892 SV  F  Shields Eld  D  M  Coulter 

Sept.,  1893 W  M  Newton Eld  J  W  Williamson 

Sept.,  1894 A  A  Boyd Kid  Gordon  Hardy 

April,  1895 E  8  Brownlee Eld  G  H  Winn 

Sept.,  1895 J  A  P  McGaw Eld  A  E  Wardner 

Sept.,  1S9G "  Eld  Thomas  Curtis 

Oct.,    1-^97 LP  Cain Eld  J  G  White 

Oct.,    1><97 E  W  Clipplnger 

Sept.,  1899 "  Eld.  John  Montgomery,  Jr 

CHURCH  ERECTION. 

Sept.,  1870 C  H  Dunlap Eld  J  M  Overstreet 

April,  1871 T  Hill G  Miller,    C  H  Dunlap 

April,  1873 G  Miller W  Coleman,    Eld  R  C  Tvilliamson 

April,  1><7-1: F  Lippe '■  "  Eld  .1  H  Haverfield 

April,  m77 J  W  Allen Eld  J  G  White 

April.  1878 W  M  Newton Eld  E  P  Henry 

Sept.,  1883 D  S  Schaff 

April,  1884 "  Eld  P  S  Brown 

Sept.,  1888 W  Asdale Eld  M  E  Stearns 

April,  1893 J  P  Watklns 

Sept.,  1893 Wm.  Sickles, EldTJHendrickson 

Sept.,  1895 G  H  Williamson Eld  O  G  Burch 

.T.vn.,   1896 John  B  Hill 

Sept.,  1897 "  EldThos  Curtis 

Sept.,  1898 1  P  McCurdy 

Sept..  1899 J  S  VanMeter Eld  J  G  Middelcoff 

PUBLICATION  AND  SUNDAY  SCHOOL  WORK. 

Sept.,  1870 J  H  Clark Hiram  Hill.    Eld  E  L  DeGarmo 

Dec.   1870 JHByers GW  Goodale, 

April,  1872 : R  Irwin  Hiram  Hill,  " 

April,  1873 W  H  Hillis W  .T  Lee, 

April,  1874 W  J  Lee Eld  .1  F  Bruner 

April,  1877 J  F  Bruner Eld  E  L  DeGarmo 

April,  1878 J  H  Brers Eld  J  W  Cleland 

Sept.,  1880  A  T  Robertson 

April,  1882 SG  Clark Eld  MG  Manley 

April,  1884 "  _..Eld  J  D  Strain 

April,  1885 C    L  Thompson....' " 

Sept.,  1887 W  M  Newton Eld  E  Wanamaker 

Sept.,  1889 '•  Eld  WH  Barron 

Sept.,  18!I0 A    McLaren Eld  ,1  P  Watkins 

Sept.,  1892 F  W  Hinitt Eld  G  H  Howe 

April,  1895 Eld  J  E  Stevenson. ..Rev  S  G  Clark 

April,  1897 "  ....Rev  M  E  Krotzer 

Sept.,  1899 "  ....Rev  W  B  Chancellor 

Sept.,  1900 Rev  "  ...Eld  ,T  R  Lucas 

EDUCATION. 

Sept.,  1870 C  H  Dunlap J  H  Byers  Eld  J  M  Overstreet 

April,  1871 WM  Cheever 

April,  1873 J  H  Byers J  W  Clark,  Eld  McFadden 

April.  1874 Q  W  Goodale Eld  McCormiek 

April,  1875 W  Coleman " 

Sept.,  187(5 B  F  Powelson " 

April,  1877 "  Eld  AD  Taylor  • 

Sept.,  1879 R  H  Jackson " 

April,  1882 "  : Eld  G  W  Shield 

Sept.,  1887 •'  EldC  W  Xe>ibit 

Sept.,  1890 DR  Crocket Eld  Gordon  Hardy 

Sept.,  1891 John  B  Hill Eld  P  H  Holcomb 

Sept.,  1895 LM  Belden Bid  J  A  Myers 

Sept.,  1899 "  

Sept.,  1900     S  D  Jewell Eld  D  V  Brown 


38  CHRONOLOGICAL  REGISTER. 

FREEDMEN. 

Appointed  Chairman  Other  Members 

Sept  ,  1872     '  J  A  Whitaker A  Walker,  Eld  Pollock 

April.  1874 W  H  Hillis Eld  D  S  Pollock 

April,  1877  ..1/  Railsback Eld  Jon  Ford 

April,  1882  A  T  Robertson Elk  W  H  H  Cundiff 

April,  1884  ...W  E  Mack Eld  G  T  Coshead 

Sept..  1885'"  "  Eld  E  W  Myers 

April,  1887 0  G  Morton 

Sept    1887  "        Eld  M  V  Johnson 

April,  1892'. W  H  Hyatt 

Sept    1832  "         Eld  W  C  K  Buchanan 

Sept!'  1893 W  TWardle Eld  M  V  Johnson 

Sept.,  1895  '         H  C  Stanton Eld  G  W  Shield 

Sept.,  1899 1  P  McCurdy " 

Sept.,  1900 J  M  Ross Eld  Gordon  Hardy 

SYSTEMATIC  BENIFICENCE. 

Sept.,  1871  T  Hill W  L  Breckenridge,  J  H  Byers 

April,  1874  ....J  W  Allen Eld  P  S  Brown 

April,  1878  R  H  Jackson W  M  Reed 

Sept.,  1880      "        Eld  C  P  Blayney 

April,  1882  D  L  Lander Eld  W  H  Lunheck 

April,  1884  WH  'Wieman Eld  L  Peters 

Sept.,  1887  "        A  B  Martin Eld  A  F  Faulkner 

Sevt,.  1888      "        Eld  S  Crawford 

Sept.,  1889 W  G  Pollock 

April.  1890 G  P  Wilson " 

Sept.,  1890     W  M  Newton Eld  W  H  Barron      ' 

April,  1892 J  Edmonson " 

June,  1892 J  F  Watkins 

Sept.,  1892      "  Eld  V  M  Hobbs 

Sept.,  1894 G  H  Williamson '• 

Sept  ,  1895  E  S  Brownlee Eld  J  O  Brooks 

Sept.,  1899 W  M  Newton Eld  C  W  Nesbit 

PRESBYTERIA.L  HISTORY. 

April,  1874       JH  Byers Eld  A  H  FcFadden 

Sept.,  1875 W  J  Lee...... " 

April,  1877 "  Eld  J  P  Barron 

April,  1878    T  Hill W  J  Lee 

April  1880  W  L  Lee      D  L  Lander,  Eld  Jacob  Tuttle 

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April,  1882 T  Hill J  H  Miller 

April  1887  "  Geo  Miller,  J  H  Miller 

Sept.,  1895"""!"...! John  B  Hill Eld  E  M  Wright 

SUSTENTATION. 

April,  1873   JH  Byers Eld  Patrick  Ballard 

April,  1875 Reuel  Dodd 

MANSES. 

April,  1873  Alex  Walker Eld  M  E  Stearns 

April,  1878 H  M  Shockley Eld  J  G  White 

Sept.,  1880  Josiah  Moore " 

April,  1882 C  P  Blayney Eld  M  V  Johnson 

CHRISTIAN  LIFE  AND  WORK. 

Sept.,  1890  Geo  P  Hays Eld  Frank  J  Baird 

Sept.,  1895 J  H  Miller Eld  F  E  Kellogg 

TEMPERANCE. 

April,  1884 J  C  Taylor Eld  G  H  Winn 

Sept.,  1887 "  Eld  J  O  Hogg 

Sept.,  1890  J  F  Watkins Eld  O  G  Burch 

Sept.,  1891 "        W  F  Shields Eld  D  M  Coulter 

Sept.,  1892 A   Mc-L&ren Eld  J  P  Watkins 

Sept.,  1894 "  Eld  Wm  Requa 

Sept.,  1895 J  B  Welty Eld  J  C  Blair 

Sept.,  1896  H  A  Hymes Eld  J  G  MlddelcofE 

Apr.,  1899 J  S  VanMeter.r. Eld  H  P  Faris 

Sept.,  1899 J  T  Boyer 


COMMITTEES.  39 

COLLEGES  AND  AC-IDEMIES. 

Appointed  Chairman  Other  (Members 

April,  18s-i F  R  Farrand Eld  J  G  White 

April,  IHs? J  Edmonson •* 

.Sept.,  1S87 S  M  Ware Eld  E  P  Lamkiu 

Sept..  IsrtO G  P  Wilson Eld  Wm  McEwen 

April,  1S91 WM  Pocock 

Sei)t..  ls<)l RR  Marquis Eld  Jas  Cousley 

Sept.,  IHiio W  F  Price EJd  .Tolin  Montgomery  Jr 

Sept.,  1S96 H  D  Jenkins Eld  E  W  Sc-hauffler 

Sept.,  1900 J  T  Boyer Eld  .1  T  Halsey 

YOUNG  PEOPLE'S  WORK. 

Sept.,  1891 E  P  Dunhip Eld  J  O  Hofig 

Sept.,  1893 C  H  Bruce Eld  Howard  Patrick 

Sept.,  1894, J  A  P  McGaw  Eld  J  O  Hogg 

Sept.,  1S95 R  R  Marquis Eld  H  H  Fleming 

Oct.,    1897 LP  Cain 

Sept.,  1900 \V  E  Loucks 

NARATIVE 

>ept.,  1895 E  W  Clippinger Eld  G  H  Howe 

Sept.,  1897 J  T  Boyer Eld  J  R  Lucas 

Sept.,  1898 

Sept.,  1899 A  A  Boyd Eld  T  J  Halsey 

Sept.,  1900 W  F  Van  der  Lippe Eld  D  C  Blanchard 

MINISTERIAL  CLAIMS. 

Sept.,  1895 J.  H  Miller Wm  Coleman,  Eld  P  HHolcomb 

Sept.,  1899 "         DL  Lander, 

Sept..  1900 "        SD  Jewell, 

EXAMINATION  OF  CANDIDATES. 

Sept.,  1870 W  L  Breckenridge G  Miller,  C  D  Nott,  J  A  Whitaker,  T  S  Reeve,  S  G 

Clark,  J  H  Bvers,  B  F  Powelson 

April,  1H74 W  L  Breckenridge H  C  Hovey,  J'  H  Miller.  W  H  Hillis 

Sept .  1875 "  A  Walker, 

April,  1877 W  J  Lee "     •     W  M  Kewton, 

April.  1878 T  Hill '•  "  W  J  Lee 

Sept.,  1879 C  C  Kimball 

April,  1882 J  Poage G  A  Beattie,  C  H  Fuell^r.  J  Thompson 

Sept.,  1M83 CL  Thompson "  J  F  Watkins, 

Sept.,  1889 "  D  8  Schaff, 

Sept.,  1S89 Josiah  Thompson O  W  Gauss,  S  M  Ware.  J  Herron 

Sept.,  1.^90 '•  G  P  Hays, 

April,  1891 "  ..  ..         " 

Sept.,  1891 "  "  G  P  Wilson,  J  F  Watkins 

Sept.,  1893 ■'  "  J  R  Stevenson, 

Sept.,  1894 H  C  Stanton 

Sept.,  1895 ■'        J  A  P  McGaw 

Sept.,  1899 "        "       W  M  Newton,  J  Thompson 

April.  1899 "        E  W  MeClusky.  G  F  Ayres,  P  B  Jenkins 

Sept.,  1899 J  F  Hendy S  D  Jewell,  E  W  McClusky. 

SABBATH  OBSERVANCE. 

Sept.,  1899 Wm  Carter Eld  D  B  Kirk 

TRUSTEES  OF  PRESBYTERY  KANSAS  CITY. 

Appointed  Sept.,  1899.    Re-elected  on  expiration  of  terms. 
John  Montgomery,  Jr.,  Chairman  for  3  years. 
Rev.  James  F  Watkins,  "  2      " 

James  H  Austin,  "  1     " 


40  CHRONOLOGICAL  REGISTER. 

COMMISSIONERS  TO  THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY. 

Commissioners  to  the  General  Assembly,  after  the  organization  of  the 
Synod  of  Missouri,  in  the  Presbyteries  covering  territory  now  occupied  by  the 
Presbytery  of  Kansas  City.  Those  that  went  from  churches  in  our  territory 
(so  far  as  known)   are  m  italics. 

PRESBYTERY  OF  MISSOURI. 

MIJS^ISTEES.  RULING  ELDERS. 

1832.  Hiram  Chamberlain.... 

1833.  William  P.  Cochran 

1834 

1835 

1836.  Hiram  Chamberlain.... 

1837.  Hiram  Chamberlain. . . . 
1838 

1839. 

1840.  J.  L.  Yantis 

1841.  Wm.  G.  Bell 

1842 

1843 

PRESBYTERY  OF  UPPER  MISSOURI. 

1844.  J.  L.  Tantis Chas.  E.  Mill. 

1845.  Wm.  Dickson Elliot. 

1846.  V.  Pentzer Jos.  Clark. 

1847.  J.  L.  Tantis Thos.  Allen. 

1848.  R.    Scott 8.  M.  Grant. 

1849.  T.  A.  Bracken 

1850.  T.  A.  Bracken Wm.   Cogswell. 

1851.  A.  V.  O.  Schenck W.  T.  Wood. 

1852.  T.  A.  Bracken E.  M.  Samuel. 

1853.  T.  A.  Bracken E.  j\f.  Samuel. 

1854.  W.  H.  Pawling Wm.   Cogswell. 

1855.  W.    Dlcnson G.  W.  Buchanan. 

1856.  A.  V.  C.  Schenck Preston  Dunlap. 

PRESBYTERY  OF  LAFAYETTE. 

1857.  •/.  W.  Clark A.  Farrar. 

1858.  R.  S.  Symington A.  W.  Hutchins. 

1859.  J.    McFarland 8.  Grant. 

1860.  B.  M.  Hobson S.  F.  Taylor. 

1861.  ,/.  W.  Clark Dr.  Keith. 

1862 

1863 

1864 

1865 

1866.  J.  L.  Tantis G.W.  Buchanan. 

PRESBYTERY  OF  LAFAYETTE. 

(Part  adhering  to  the  General  Assembly.) 

1867.  George  Fraser A.  W.  Reese. 

1868.  Chas.  Sturdevant P.  8.  Brown. 

1869.  Eben  Muse P.  8.  Broion. 

1870.  J.  E.  Byers Roht.  McCandless. 


NEW  SCHOOL  COMMISSIONERS.  41 

PRESBYTERY  OF  HARMONY. 

MINISTERS.  RULING  ELDERS. 

1S43 

1S40.     I.  W.  K.  Handy 

1847 

I'KESBYTERY  OF  LEXINGTON. 
1847.     T.  S.  Reeve. 

PRESBYTERY  OF  OSAGE. 

1849.  Wm.  E.  Smith 

1850.  ■/.  y.  Barks 

1851.  G.  A.  M.  Renshaw 

1852.  A.G.Taylor 

1853 

1854.     J.  V.  Barks 

1855 

1856.  W.  E.  Smith 

1857.  J.  V.  Barks 

1858 

1859 

1S60 

1861 

1862 

1863 ■ 

1864 

1865 

1866 

1867 

1868.  J.  M.  Brown 

1869.  S.  G.  Clark Elder  G.  W.  Shield. 

1870.  D.  C.  miner A.  D.  Taylor. 

PRESBYTERY  OF  LEXINGTON. 

1849.  Edmund  Wright 

1850.  F.  R.  Gray 

1851 

1852.  S.  J.  M.  Beebee 

1853.  T.  Morgan 

1854.  C.  D.  Simpson Elder  John  Rice. 

1855.  Rolt.  Gleun F.  W.  Dicges. 

1856.  S.  J.  M.  Beebee 

1857.  E.  A.  Carson A.  J.  Modie. 

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1859 

1860 

1861 

1862 

1863.  F.  E.  Sheldon 

1864.  T.   Morgan 

1865.  B.  B.  Parsons Jos.  Lauibrite. 

1866.  B.  B.  Parsons J.  H.  Carson. 

1867.  E.   B.   Sherwood W.  M.  Sherwood. 

1868.  Timothi/  Eill John  DeClue. 

1860.     E.  A.  Carson C.  F.  Smith. 

1870.     Timothy  Eill H.  P.  Alexander, 


42  CHRONOLOGICAL  REGISTER. 

COMMISSIONERS  TO  THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY  SINCE  THE  REUNION. 
With  the  names  of  the  Churches  they  went  from. 

PRESBYTERY  OF  OSAGE. 

187 L     C.  H.  Duiilap,  Sedalia  First;  A.  J.  Johnson,  Otterville. 

James  Craig,  Kansas  City  First;  J.  E.  Reeve,*  Kansas  City  Third. 

1872.  Hiram  Hill,  Holden;  B.  F.  Powelson,  Montrose. 

J.  D.  Briggs,  Warsaw:  W.  H.  Chamberlain,  Pleasant  Hill. 

1873.  D.  C.  Miller,  Kansas  City  Third;  J.  W.  Allen,  Kansas  City. 

A.  McCormick,  Knobnoster;  J.  P.  Barton,*  Pleasant  Hill. 

1874.  W.  L.  Breckenridge,  Raymore;  W.  J.  Lee,  Holden. 

J.  F.  Bruner,  Warrensburg;  J.  H.  Haverfield,  Pleasant  Hill. 

1875.  Wm.  Coleman,  Pleasant  Hill;  H.  C.  Hovey.  Kansas  City  First. 

(Geo.  Snedeker,  Sedalia  First)  :  G.  W.  Shield,  Osceola. 
iSiO.     W.  L.  Breckenridge,  Raymore. 

J.  M.  C.  Wilson,  Kansas  Citv  First. 

1877.  Timothy  Hill,  Kansas  City;  W.  H.  Hillis,  Warrensburg. 

G.  de  la  Vergne,  Clinton :  C.  F.  Smith,*  Kansas  City  Second. 

1878.  W.  M.  Newton,  Butler;  W.  J.  Lee,  Holden. 

G.  W.  Shield,  Appleton  City-  E.  P.  Henrv,  Butler. 
1870.     A.  Walker.  Tipton :  J.  H.  Bvers,  Nevada. 

J.  W.  Cleland,*  Nevada:  J.  G.  White,*  Sedalia  First. 
1880.     H.  M.  Shockley,  Sedalia  First;  J.  S.  Poage,  Centerview. 

A.  J.  Baker,  Kansas  Citv  First ;  Jacob  Crone,  Tipton. 
1S81.     C.  Fueller,  Warrensburg  :'r.  H.  Jackson,  Westfield. 

(Jon.  Ford,  Kansas  Citv  Second)  ;  E.  L.  de  Garmo,  Warrensburg. 

1882.  L.  Railsback.*  Kansas  City  Third;  A.  T.  Robertson,  Pleasant  Hill. 

W.  H.  H.  Cundiff.  Pleasant  Hill :  E.  P.  Lamkin,  Clinton. 

1883.  J.  F.  Watkins.  Montrose;  G.  A.  Beattie,  Sedalia  First. 

R,  C.  Williamson,  Pleasant  Hill :  Scott  Nesbit,  Osceola. 

1884.  C.  P.  Blavnev,  Olive  Branch:  Timothy  Hill,  Kansas  Citv. 

C.  W.  Nesbit.  Westfield :  G.  W.  Cummings,  Sedalia  First. 
188.3.     S.  B.  Bell,  Kansas  City:  S.  G.  Clark,  Rich  Hill. 

J.  J.  de  la  Vergne,  Clinton;  J.  R.  Frith,  Kansas  City  First. 

1886.  W.  E.  ;Mack,  Kansas  Citv  Third :  Josiah  Thompson.  Centerview. 

S.  S.  Hughes.*  Creighton :  D.  G.  Steele,  Jefferson  Citv. 

1887.  D.  iS.  Schaflt,  Kansas  City  First. 

(E.  P.  Henry,  Butler.) 

PRESBYTERY  OF  KANSAS  CITY. 

1S8S.     C.  L.  Thompson,  Kansas  City  (Second;  Geo.  Miller,  Nevada. 

Jon.  Ford,  Kansas  Citv  Second ;  J.  G.  White,  Sedalia  Broadway. 
1889.     A.  Walker.  Butler;  R.  H.  Jackson,  Westfield. 

E.  W.  Snyder,  Clinton;  R.  W.  Mitchell,  Nevada. 
1800.     Wilson  Asdale.  Tipton.  • 

Frank  J.  Baird.  Kansas  Citv  Second. 

1891.  J.  H.  Miller,  Rich  Hill;  G.  P.'Hays,  Kansas  City  Second. 

J.  ;Monta:omery.  Jr..  Sedalia  Broadway;  H.  E.  Overstreet.  Kansas  < 
.5th. 

1892.  C.  H.  Bruce,  Kansas  City  Fifth ;  W.  M.  Newton,  Raymore. 

T.  J.Hendrickson.  Sliaron :  E.  P.  Lampkin,  Clinton. 

1893.  J.  C.  Taylor,  K.  C.  Hill  iMemoriai:  R.  R.  :\Ia)quis,  Sedalia  Central. 

G.  W.  Cummings,  Sedalia  Broadway;  M.  E.  Stearns,  Tipton. 

1894.  W.  M.  Pocock,  Clinton:  A.  McLaren,  Nevada. 

G.  IT.  Winn,  Kansas  City  Second;  F.  E.  Kellogg,  Rich  Hill. 

(        )  Was  not  present  at  the  Assembly. 

*  Elected  as  alternate ;  but  principal  could  not  attpnd. 


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*  KANSAS  CITY— Cont. 

1895.  John  B.  Hill.  Kansas  City;  G.  B.  Spicule,  Deepwater. 

G.  W.  Shield,  Kansas  City  First;  Chas.  Thoni,  Nevada. 

1896.  E.  S.  Brownlee,  Appleton  City;  J.  H.  Miller,  Rich  Hill. 

W.  H.  Barron.  Raymore;  O.  G.  Burch,  Jefferson  City. 

1897.  H.  A.  Hymes,  Clinton;  C.  H.  Bruce,  Kansas  City  Fifth. 

H.  H.  Fleming.  Sedalia  Central ;  H.  A.  Thompkius,  Warsaw. 

1898.  J.  F.  Hendy,  Jefferson  City;  J.  T.  Boyer,  Osceola. 

H.  P.  Faris,  Clinton :  D.  C.  Blanchard,  Brownington. 

1899.  E.  W.  Clippinger,  Warrensburg;  L.  P.  Cain,  Sedalia  Broadway. 

W.  B.  Hale,  High  Point;  E.  D.  Sayles,  Lowry  City. 

1900.  J.  H.  Miller,  Nevada :  J.  R.  Stevenson,  Chicago. 

F.  E.  Kellogg,  Rich  Hill :  J.  N.  Southern,  Independence. 

1901.  J.  F.  Watkins,  Appleton  City;  E.  W.  MeClusky,  Tipton. 

D.  V.  Brown,  Butler;  M.  V.  Johnson,  Holden. 

CHL'RCHES   THAT  HAVE  SENT  COMMISSIONERS  TO  THE  GENERAL 
ASSEMBLY,  SINCE  THE  REUNION. 
In  the  following  list  only  those  churches  are  included  wliich  have  sent  their 
iMinisters  or  Elders  to  the  Assembly.     In  case  of  a  group  the  Minister's  name  is 
recorded  under  the  church  with  which  the  ^Minister  resided.     Those  marked* 
were  not  in  charge  of  churches  mentioned.     Those  enclosed  in  ( )  did  not  attend. 

CHURCHES.  MINISTERS.  ET.HERS. 

Appleton  City 1896,  -nOOl 1878 

Brownington 1898 

Butler 1878,   1889 1878,  (1887),  1901 

Centerview 1880.  *1886  

Chicago *19(J0 

Clinton 1894,    1897 1877,  1882,  1885,  1889.  1892,  1898 

Creighton 1884 1886 

Deepwater 1895 

High  Point 1899 

Holden 1872,  1874,  1878 1901 

Independence 1900 

Jefferson  City 1898 1886,  1896 

Kansas  City  1st 1875  1887 1871.  1876.  1880,  1885,  1895 

2d  1888,1891 1877,  (1881),  1888.  1890.  1894 

3d 1873,  1882.  1886 1871 

5th 1892.  1897 1891 

H.  M.  .  ..1893 

Kansas  City *1873,  *1877,  *1884,  *1885 

*1895 

Knobnoster 1873 

Lowry  City 1899 

Montrose 1872,  1883 

Nevada 1879,  1888,  1894,  1900. .  1879,  1889.  1895 

Osceola 1898 1875,  1883 

Otterville 1871 

Pleasant  Hill 1875.  1882 1872,  1873,  1874,  1882,  1883 

Raymore   1874,  1876.  1892 1896 

Rieii  Hill 1885,  1891,  1896 1894,  1900 

Srdalia  1st 1871,  1880.  1883 (1875),  1879,  1884 

••      B'way 1899 1888,  1891.  1893 

"      Central 1893 1897 

Sharon 1892 

Tipton 1879,  1890,  1901 1880,  1893 

Warrensburg    1877,1881,1899 1874,1881 

Warsaw 1872. 1897 

Westiield 1881,  1889.  .  .  .  .1884 


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CHRONOLOGICAL  REGISTER  OF  MINISTERS.* 

ADMITTED  BEFORE    1850 

NATHANIEL  BROWN  DODGE,  Jr.,  b.  June  5,  1781,  Winchester,  N.  H.; 
son  of  N.  B.  Dodge;  was  in  War  of  1812;  ord.  about  1816  by  Cong.  Council  in 
Vt.;  P.  Cong,  ch.of  Underbill,  Vt..  5  yrs.;  organized  in  N.  Y.  City  tbe  conqjany 
sent  out  to  establish  the  Harmony  ]\iission,  1821,  Bates  Co.,  Mo.;  rec.  by  Pby. 
of  Harmony  at  organization:  sujx  Harmony  Mission,  1821-9;  became  Miss"y  to 
the  whites.  1829:  Miss'y  to  Indians  on  the  Neosho,  ( Boudinot  Mis'n),  to  1836; 
Miss'y  of  A.  H.  M.  S.,  IS.'jIi  to  his  death;  orgz'd  several  ch"s  in  Bates  and  Vernon 
Co's:" first  Moderator  of  the  N.  S.  8yn.  Mo.:  wrote  a  History  of  Harm.  Mis'n, 
which  was  burned  with  his  house  by" Indians;  ni.  :Mar.  22,  1803,  Sally  Gale;  d. 
Sep.  3,  1848,  at  Little  Osage,  Mo. 

WILLIAM  B.  MONTGOMERY,  b.  Danville,  Pa. :  meml)er  of  Harmony  Pby. 
at  orgz'n;  one  of  original  members  of  Har.  Mis'n;  published  the  only  Osage  book 
ever  publ'd;  m.  three  times;  d.  Aug.  17,  1834,  Hopefield  Mission,  Ind.  Ter. 

BENTON  PIXLEY,  member  of  Harm.  Mis'n,  '21-24;  Neosho  Mis'n,  '24-29; 
preached  in  Independence,  Mo.,  '29ff. 

EDWARD  HOLLISTER,  b.  Feb.  22,  1796,  Sharon,  Ct.;  grad.  Middlebury, 
'16;  Andover.  '20;  ord.  Sep.  26,  1820,  Pbv.  Londonderry:  Mis'y  in  Boston; 
orgz'd  Boonville  ch.  (at  Old  Franklin).  Apr.  28,  1821;  m.  Aug.  18,  1823,  Mary 
Trumbull,  Salem,  Mass.;  d.  Jan.  11,  1870,  Alton,  111. 

AUGUSTUS  POMEROY,  b.  Granville,  Mass.;  grad.  Williams,  '21;  Andover, 
'25;  ord.  Sep.  29.  '2.5;  bA"  a  Council  in  Old  South  ch.,  Boston;  rec.  by  Mo.  Pby.; 
S.  S.  Boonville,  '26 ;  d.  IDcc.  '60  (  ? ) . 

WILLIAM  PORTER  COCHRAN,  b.  Nov.  10,  1803,  Millerstown,  Pa.;  grad. 
Dickinson,  '24;  Princeton,  '27;  lie.  fall,  '27,  bv  Pbv.  Huntingdon;  ord.  Mar.  23, 
'28,  Pbv.  Mo.;  sup.  Old  Franklin  (Boonville)  ch.  '28;  D.  D.,  Highland  Un.,  '72; 
m.  June,  '28,  Mrs.  Eliza  M.  Scott;  d.  Dec.  25,  1884. 

HIRAIM  CHAMBERLAIN,  b.  Apr.  2,  1797.  Monkton,  Vt. ;  grad.  Middlebury, 
'22;  stud.  Princeton,  '22-23,  Andover,  '23-25;  ord.  Oct.  16,  "25,  Pby.  N.  Y.;  sup. 
Dardenne,  Mo.,  '26;  Chaplain  U.  S.  A.,  Jefferson  Barracks,  Mo..  '27;  rec.  by 
Pby.  ]\Io.;  S.  S.,  Franklin  and  Boonville,  '28-35,  also  Fayette,  '33-35;  Mod.  Syn. 
Mo.,  1834. 

A;MASA  JONES,  b.  Apr.  28,  1796,  Rindge,  N.  H.;  s.  of  Asa  and  Mary;  educ. 
private  and  one  year  at  Andover  Sem.;  shoemaker;  lie.  Nov.  7,  '26,  by  Indian 
Mission  Pby.;  ord.  Oct.  12.  '30,  Pby.  Arkansas;  Mis'y  to  Osage  Indians  at  Harm. 
Mis'n.  '21-.30;  sup.  Deepwater,  Osceola,  Harrisonville,  Harmony,  Bethesda,  etc., 
'36-67;  became  a  physician;  m.  Feb.  15,  '21,  Roxana  Stearns,  Ashburnham, 
Mass.;  d.  Apr.  17,  '70.  Old  Deepwater,  Mo. 

WILLIAM  DICKSON,  sup.  Dover  ch.  all  his  ministry  here;  memb.  of  Pbys. 
of  ^lo..  Up.  Mo.,  Laf..  at  organization  of  latter  two;  D.  &  T. 

ROBERT  L.  M'AFEE.  b.  May  20,  '02,  Mercer  Co.,  Ky. ;  stud,  at  Center 
Coll.:  theologv  priv. ;  lie.  Pby.  Transylvania,  Mar.  '29;  sup.  Round  Prairie  and 
Millersburg,  Mo.,  '31-51;  memb.  Pby.'  Mo.;  orgz'd  Jefferson  City  ch.,  1834,  sup. 
it  to  '42;  Dover,  '51 ;  d.  ab.  1872. 

JOHN  LAPSLEY  YANTIS.  b.  Sep.  14,  '04,  Lancaster,  Ky. ;  s.  Col.  John 
Yantis  and  Priscilla  Catharine  Lapsley;  studied  medicine;  grad. Coll.; 

*Thls  Register  is  as  complete  as  the  materials  at  hand  would  permit  made.  The 
records  of  the  Preslivte.ries  of  Missouri.  Harmony  and  Osaiie  before  the  War  liave  not 
come  into  the  hahds'of  the  Committee  on  I'resbyterial  History.  In  all  cases  where  it  was 
possil)le  to  do  so,  the  facts  have  been  obtained  fri^n  the  men  themselves,  in  the  sliape  of 
answers  to  a  list  of  printed  questions.  The  alumni  catalojrues  of  Union.  Princeton,  .Vu- 
liurn  and  Western  Theological  Seminaries  have  been  consulted  and  freely  copied  from. 
Unfortiinatelv  the  otlier  seminaries  have  no  sueli  published  eataloffues.  No  attempt  is 
here  made  tocomplete  the  record  after  the  dismission  of  inembtM's  from  this  Presbytery. 
Incomjilete  as  some  of  these  statistics  are.  only  those  who  have  tried  to  pither  similar 
facts  can  appreciate  the  dilliculty  of  collecting  them. 


46  CHEOXOLOGICAL  EEGISTER. 

theol.  priv.  under  Kev.  Robt.  A.  Lapsley,  D.  D.,  '30;  lie.  Apr,  -29,  Pby.  Transyl- 
vania; ord.  ab.  1830,  ib. ;  sup.  Stanford  and  Laneester,  Ky.,  "30-33;  memb.  Pby. 
Mo.;  sup.  Liberty,  '33-5;  Columbia,  '36;  Bethel,  Clay 'Co.,  '38;  Fulton  and 
Auxvasse,  '39 ;  Lexington,  '41 ;  Register  of  LT.  S.  Land  Office,  Lexington,  Mo., 
'45;  teacher,  Sweet  Springs,  '49:  went  to  Oregon,  '52;  pres.  Richmond  Coll.  Mo., 
'55;  sup.  Danville,  Ky.,  '59;  returned  to  Mo.,  '61;  rec.  Pby.  Laf.,  Oct.  12,  '65, 
fr.  Pby.  Transylvania;  sup.  Kansas  City  First,  '65-66;  K.  C.  Central,  '66-68; 
D.  &T.;  D.  D.,  Center  Coll.,  '59;  m.  Aug.  21,  "28,  Eliza  Ann  Markham  Mont- 
gomery, Stanford,  Ky. ;  d.  May  25,  '82,  Lexington,  Mo. 

WILLL4M  GILMORE  BELL,  b.  Dee.  11,  '12;  West  Alexander,  Pa.;  grad. 
Washington,  '35;  stud.  Princeton,  '35-37;  lie.  Oct.  5,  '37,  Pby.  Redstone;  ord. 
May  24,  '40,  Pby.  Mo. ;  p.  Boonville,  '40-54 :  princ.  Boonville  Fem.  Sem.,  '43-58 ; 
sup.  Union  eh..  Saline  Co.,  '58-60;  Warrensburg,  '65-66;  d.  in  Texas,  Sep.  23,  '80. 

GEORGE  M.  CRAWFORD,  memb.  Pby.  Lex.;  orgz'd  and  sup.  Tabo  ch., 
•42flF;  Mod.  N.  S.  Syn.  Mo.,  '47. 

DAVID  WEIR,  memb.  Pby.  Lex.;  sup.  chs.  in  Morgan  and  Pettis  Cos., 
'42ff. ;  d.  about  '55,  Jackson  Co.,  Mo. 

EPHRAIM  PEAKE  NOEL,  b.  Oct.  4,  '04,  Caswell,  N.  C. ;  stud.  Mary\-ille 
C;  lie.  Pby.  Union,  Oct.  3,  '32;  ord.  Sep.  26,  '33,  ib.;  sup.  2  yrs.  in  Tenn.;  Knox- 
ville.  111.,  3  yrs.;  taught  in  Boon,  Polk,  Ray  and  St.  Louis  Cos.,  Mo.;  memb.  Pby. 
Har. ;  sup  WarsaAV,  '43;  orgz'd  Osceola;  dism.  '44,  to  Pby.  Lexington. 

J.  J.  SLOCUM,  rec.  Pby.  Lex.  fr.  Pby.  Onondaga;  sup.  Boonville  2d,  '43; 
dism.  '44  to  3d  Pby.  N.  Y. 

GEORGE  A.  M.  RENSHAW,  b.  1819,  Knox  Co.,  Tenn.:  educ.  Maryville; 
lie.  Apr.  9,  '41,  Pby.  Kingston:  ord.  Oct.  '41;  memb.  Pby.  Har.;  sup.  Mt. 
Zion,  Weaubleau,  Bolivar,  and  Georgetown;  d.  Apr.  25,  '57. 

REED  WILKINSON,  sup.  Independence,  '42-43. 

CHARLES  LORD,  ord.  Oct.  20,  '43,  Pby.  St.  Louis;  sup.  Parkville,  Mo., 
'43-45 ;  memb.  Pby.  Lex. ;  sup.  Independence  2d,  '43-46. 

HIRAM  PLUMMER  GOODRICH,  b.  Dec.  6,  1800,  Richmond,  Mass.;  s. 
Benj.  D.  Goodrich  and  Eliza  Plummer ;  grad.  L'nion,  '23;  Princeton,  '26:  lie. 
'25,  Pby.  Albany:  ord.  May  3,  '27,  ib.;  prof.  Biblical  Lit.,  U.  T.  Sem.,  Va.,  '28-38; 
pres.  Marion  Coll.,  Mo.,  '38-43;  sup.  Jefferson  City,  '43-45;  D.  D.;  d.  May  17, 
'58,  Carondelet,  Mo. 

ISAAC  B.  RICKETTS,  educ.  Maryville.  Tenn. :  rec.  Pby.  Har.,  '43,  fr.  Pby. 
Union;  sup.  Osceola  and  Wableau,  '43-49;  Georgetown,  '44:  Wright  Co.,  '52  ff. ; 
went  to  Texas,  '59,  undismissed. 

CHRISTOPHER  BRADSHAW,  b.  May  3,  1785,  Jefferson,  Tenn.;  educ. 
Ma.rvville;  ord.  '44,  Pby.  Union;  rec.  Pby.  Har.;  Miss'y  of  _A.  H.  M.  S.  in 
Osage  Pby.,  '46-60,  sup.  Post  Oak,  Little  Tebo,  Papinsville,  Little  Osage,  Mar- 
meteau ;  d.  May,  '60,  Vernon  Co. 

DAVID  COULTER,  b.  Nov.  8,  '08,  Sussex  Co.,  Del.;  s.  Jesse  and  Eliz.; 
grad.  Lafayette,  '38;  Princeton,  '41;  lie.  spring,  '41,  Pby.  Lewes;  ord.  July  5, 
'43,  Pby.  Mo.;  sup.  Auxvasse,  '41-43;  Rocheport  and  Fayette,  '43-48;  New 
Bloomfield  and  Millersburg,  '48-56;  Columbia,  65-66;  Jefferson  City;  memb. 
Pby.  Up.  Mo. ;  Hopewell  and  Prairie,  '56-60 ;  D.  &  T. :  became  blind  about  '72 ; 
D.  D.,  Westminister,  '74;  m.  Apr.  25,  '43,  Mary  Parker,  Lexington,  Ky. ;  d.  Aug. 
20,  '78,  Liberty,  Mo. 

GARY  HICKMAN,  b.  Dee.  1804,  Montgomery  Co.,  Md. ;  stud.  Princeton, 
'30-32;  lie.  '40,  Pby.  St.  Louis  (?)  :  ord.  Apr.  14,  '44,  Pby.  Mo.;  sup.  in  Lon- 
don Co.,  Va.,  '35-36"^;  tea.  &  s.  s.,  Middlebury  and  Winclicster,  '37-40;  St.  Louis, 
Mo.,  '40-44;  rec.  by  Up.  Mo.  Pby.;  pas.  Saline,  '44-4.'5:  'princ.  Fem.  Sem.,  Mar- 
shall, '45-47;  sup.  Concord  and  Marshall,  '4(i-47  ;  princ.  Fem.  Sem..  Arrow  Rock, 
'48-52;  do.,  Dover,  '52-55;  tea.  and  s.  s.,  Lafayette  Co.,  '56-58;  dism.  by  Pby. 
Laf.  to  Pby.  Highland,  Apr.  1,  '58;  m.  Miss  Carpenter:  d.  June  18,  '70,  Doni- 
phan, Kan. 


MINISTEES.  47 

TAPPING  S.  REEVE,  b.  Oct.  5,  180(J,  Holland,  Hampden  Co.,  Ma^s.;  agt. 
S.  S.  Union  in  Va.:  tea.,  Salem,  Va.;  laxvj'er,  Louisburg,  Va.,  and  Hannibal.  Mo.; 
lie.  May  10,  '43,  Pby.  Northern  Mo.;  ord.  Oct.  20,  '43,  Pby.  St.  Louis;  sup.  St. 
Joseph,  Mo.,  '44-45  (preached  the  first  sermon  there,  Oct.  '43)  ;  St.  Charles, 
Mo.,  "55,  to  the  War;  chs.  in  N.  Y.  and  Ohio;  Savannah,  Mo.,  '64-70;  rec.  by 
Pby.  Osage,  Sep.  21,  '70,  fr.  Pby.  Lex.;  H.  R.  during  his  stay  in  this  Pby.:  Mod. 
N.  S.  Syn.  Mo.,  '52;  m.  Aug.  10,  '37,  Jane  E.  Huff,  Salem,  Va.;  d.  July  10,  '8G, 
Ferguson,  Mo. 

ISAAC  WILLL\M  KER  HANDY,  b.  Dec.  14,  '15,  Washington,  D.  C; 
grad.  Jefferson,  '34;  stud.  Princeton,  '34-35;  lie.  Apr.  3,  '38,  Pby.  of  Dist. 
Columbia:  ord.  Nov.  23,  '38,  Pby.  Lewes;  p.  Buckingham,  Blackwater,  Laurel, 
Del.,  '38-44:  s.  s.  Paducah,  Ky.,  '44;  memb.  Har.  Pby.;  sup.  Warsaw,  '45-48,  also 
North  Prairie;  A.  M.,  Jef.  Coll.,  '37,  D.  D.,  Maryville,  '59;  d.  June  14,  '78, 
Philadelphia. 

BEDFORD  RYLAND,  educ.  Maryville,  Tenn.;  lie.  Oct.  3,  '32,  Pby.  Union; 
memb.  Osage  Pby.:  sup.  Bolivar,  Warbleau,  Hermon,  North  Prairie,  George- 
town ;  d.  Oct.  10,  '45,  Bolivar,  Mo. 

FRANKLIN  DAVIS,  lie.  by  Penobscot  Cong'l  Ass'n;  ord.,  1846,  Pby.  Har. 
commissioned  by  A.  H.  M.  S.,  Nov.  24,  '45,  for  Cooper,  Pettis,  Morgan  and  St. 
Clair  Cos. 

ROBERT  SjNIITH  SYillNGTON,  b.  June  19,  '19,  Hanover,  Ind.;  s.  Robert 
Symington  and  Nancy  McWilliams;  grad.  Hanover,  '40;  New  Albany  T.  Sem., 
'44;  lie.  1843,  Pby.  New  Albany;  ord.  Apr.  18,  '46,  Pby.  Mo.;  sup.  4th  eh  Louis- 
ville, Ky.,  '44;  Auxvasse,  Mo.,  '44-48;  rec.  by  Pby.  Up.  Mo.,  Oct.  11,  '49,  fr.  Pby. 
Mo.;  rec.  by  Pby.  Laf.  at  orgz'n;  sup.  Independence,  Six  Mile,  Pleasant  Hill, 
Westport,  "48-52;  agt.  Westminster  Coll.,  '52-54;  princ.  Fem.  Acad.,  Pleasant 
Hill,  '54ff.  and  '60ff. ;  Kansas  City,  First,  '57-60 ;  Mexico,  Mo.,  '63-07 ;  Pleasant 
Hill,  '67-74;  dism.  to  Pby.  Benicia,  Oct.  14,  '74;  A.  M.,  "42,  D.  D.  '99,  Hanover; 
m.  July  2,  '46,  M.  E.  Scott,  Fulton,  Mo.;  d.  Mar.  21,  1901,  Danville,  Cal. 

FINCILIUS  R.  GRAY,  ord.  Aug.  25,  '34,  Pby.  ilo. ;  sup.  Mt.  Pleasant,  New 
Providence,  Newark,  Mo.:  rec.  by  Pby.  Lex.;  sup.  Tabbo,  Independence  2d;  Mod. 
N.  S.  Syn.  Mo.,  '50;  Stated  Clerk,  do.,  '47-50. 

CHARLES  D.  HERBERT,  ord.  Apr.  26,  '46,  by  Pby.  Lex. ;  sup.  Parkville, 
Dec.  '45-Jan.  '48:  Osceola,  Jan.  to  June  '48. 

RICHARD  H.  ALLEN,  b.  May  14,  '21,  Greensburg.  Ky. ;  stud.  Center  Coll. 
theol.  priv. :  grad.  law  scli'l ;  adni  d  to  bar  in  St.  Louis,  "44:  lie.  Sep.  12,  '46, 
Pby.  Up.  Mo.:  ord.  June  27,  '47,  Pby.  Mo.;  p.  Jefferson  City,  '47-48;  dism.  '48, 
to  Pby.  Up.  Mo.;  Presb'l  Evang't;  long  See'y  Bd.  of  Missions  for  Freedmen;  d. 
Sep.  28,  "92. 

THOMAS  A.  BRACKEN,  b.  Aug.  14,  '20,  Washington,  Pa.;  s.  Henry  and 
Martha;  grad.  Jefferson,  '42;  stud.  New  Albany  T.  Sem.;  lie.  by  Pby.  W.  Lex- 
ington; ord.  Oct.  15,  :4S.  Pby.  Up.  Mo.:  Hopewell  and  Prairie,  '49-55;  rec.  by 
Pby.  Laf.  at  orgz'n  :  p.  Independence,  '55  to  War,  pastorate  dissolved,  Oct.  6,  '66; 
D.D. 

WILLIA:\r  H.  8:\IIT11,  b.  Nov.  20,  '13,  Columbia  Co.,  N.  Y.;  s.  Henry  P.  II. 
Smith  and  Deloney  Whiting;  grad.  Union,  '41:  Columbia  T.  Sem..  S.  C,  '44; 
lie.  '43;  ord.  '49,  Pby.  Osage;  sup.  North  Prairie,  Hermitage,  and  Mt.  Pleasant, 
'47-51:  Salem  and  Georgetown,  '52-60:  Little  Osage.  "60 ;' joined  Pby.  of  Topeka 
abt.  '60;  m.  '50,  at  Osceola,  Mo.;  d.  '89,  DeSoto,  Kan. 

JOSEPH  VAN  HORN  PARKS,  b.  Sep.  23,  '17,  Fairfield  Co.,  0.;  grad.  Ma- 
rietta, '45:  stud.  Lane.  '45-47,  Aiulover.  '48:  lie.  '47,  Pby.  Petaseola :  ord.  Sep. 
'49,  Pby.  Osage:  sup.  Warsaw,  '48-63:  also  iiart  of  the  time,  Osceola  and  Little 
Tebo:  rec.  by  Pbv.  Laf.  Apr.  6,  '60;  m.  '48,  Diana  Lydia  Bancroft,  Granville,  O. ; 
d.  Mar.  29,  *98.  Odessa,  IMo. 

CONRAD  H.  HECK:MANN,  b.  Dec.  3,  '11;  Bissendorf,  Germany;  educ. 
Rotterdam:  ord.  '49.  Pby.  Lex.:   suii.  Westport  and  other  German  chs.  '54-57. 


48  CHEOXOLOGICAL  EEGISTER. 

WILLIAM  COMB  REQUA,  b.  Aug.  22,  1795,  Tarrytown,  N.  Y.;  s.  Elijah 
Requa  and  Eiistaeia  Comb ;  edue.  North  Salem  Acad.,  N.  Y. ;  theol.  priv. ;  one  of 
original  missionaries  to  Osage  Indians  in  Ind.  Ter.,  1820:  1834  transferred  to 
Harmony  Mis'n;  ord.  Pby.  Har. :  sup.  Double  Branches,  etc.,  '48-01 :  M.  D. ;  m. 
'21,  Susan  Comstock;  m.  2d  '34,  Jane  Montgomery;  m.  3d  '40,  Sarah  A.  Nutting; 
d.  Bates  Co.,  Mo.,  June  3,  "86. 

JOHN  STUART,  memb.  Pby.  Lex.;  sup.  Tabbo,  '49-51. 

1850 

ADDISON  VAN  COURT  SCHENCK,  b.  Sep.  24,  '21,  New  Brunswick,  N.  J.; 
gvad.  I'vinceton  C,  "43;  stud.  Union,  "43-44,  Princeton,  '44-40;  ord.  Jun.  28;  '50, 
Pby.  Up.  Mo.;  p.  Lexington  '49-53;  tea.,  do.,  '53-55;  p.  St.  Joseph,  '55-57;  dism. 
Sep.  18,  '57  to  Pby.  St.  Louis ;  D.  D. 

1851 

LEVI  R.  MORRISON,  b.  1805,  Mechlinburg  Co.,  N.  C;  Scotch  and  Eng.  de- 
scent; educ.  priv.  under  Rev.  Amzi  Bradshaw  and  Rev.  Silas  H.  Morrison;  lie. 
Apr.,  '31,  Pby.  Shiloh;  ord.  Apr.  20,  '32,  do.;  sup.  Spring  Creek,  Smyrna  and 
Ephesus,  Tenn.,  2  yrs. ;  Sparta  and  McMinnville,  2  yrs. ;  Athens,  11  yrs. ; 
Gladspring,  Va.,  5  vrs. ;  memb.  Pbv.  Osage;  sup.  North  Prairie,  Cross  Timbers, 
Osceola,  '51-53;  Mt.  Zion  and  Springfield,  '58ft'.;  Mod.  N.  S.  Syn.  Mo.,  '54;  d'. 
Dec.  29,  'Of. 

1852 

JOHN  GEORGE  FACKLER,  b.  Feb.  0,  '22,  Orange  Co.,  Va. ;  s.  Henry  Fack- 

ler  and Terrell;  educ.  St.  Charles  Acad.,  Mo.;  theol.  priv.  under  Dr.  H.  P. 

Goodrich;  merch't  in  Jefferson  Citv:  lie.  '51,  Pbv.  Mo.:  ord.  Nov.  27,  "52,  Pby. 
Mo.;  p.  Jefferson  City,  "52-54;  dism.  to  Pbv.  Up.  Mo.,  '54;  p.  Platte  City,  Lib- 
erty, Richfield,  St.  Joseph:  rec.  bv  Pbv.  Osage.  Nov.  17,  '81,  fr.  Pby.  Dallas 
(U.  S.)  ;  p.  Clinton,  Nov.  17,  'Sl-Sep.  12,  "83;  dism.  Sep.  12,  '83  to  Pby.  Los 
Angeles;  m.  Feb.  20,  '43,  Cornelia  Rainey;  m.  2d  Eliza  Parsons,  Sep.  10,  '45; 
m.  3d  Nov.  19,  '50,  Catharine  Dennis;  d.  Jan.  28,  "92,  San  Antonio,  Tex. 

ROBERT  GLENN,  b.  Apr.  13,  1793,  Roanoke  Co.,  Va.;  grad.  Troy  Univ.,  '10; 
Princeton,  1815-7;  ord.  Apr.  19,  '19,  Pbv.  Union;  sup.  Kingsport.  Tenn.,  '18-25; 
memb.  Pby.  Lex.;  sup.  Tabbo,  '52-5'8;  Mod.  N.  S.  Syn.  Mo.,  '50;  d.  Jan.  24,  '07, 
Warrensburg,  IMo. 

1853 

WILLIAM  HENRY  PAWLING,  b.  Danville,  Ky.;  grad.  Center,  '45;  stud.. 
Western,  '45-46,  Princeton,  '47-48;  ord.  Apr.  27,  '51,  Pbv.  Transylvania;  p.  Pis- 
gah,  Ky.,  '51-52;  s.  s.  Columbia,  '52-53;  rec.  Pby.  Up.  Mo.,  Oct.  14,  '53,  fr.  Pby. 
'Transylvania;  sup.  Independence,  "53-57;  Six  Mile,  do.;  rec.  by  Pby.  Laf.  at 
orgz'n;  s.  s.  Harrisonville;  left  during  War;  d.  in  an  asylum  Aug.  28,  "94,  at 
Lexington,  Ky. 

WILLIAM  R.  FULTON,  b.  Mar.  1,  '18,  W^ashington  Co.,  Pa.;  grad.  Frank- 
lin '43;  stud.  Western,  '43-45;  lie.  Apr.  '45,  Pbv.  Washington;  ord.  '52.  ib. ;  sup. 
Dcerfield  and  Bristol,  O.,  '45-51;  Frankfort  Springs,  Pa.,  '49-52;  rec.  Pby.  Up. 
Mo.,  Oct.  14,  '53,  fr.  Pbv.  Washington:  sup.  Independence  and  Six  Mil',  '52;  m. 
'49,  Mary  A.,  dau   of  Rev.  Samuel  Willson;  d.  Jan.  10,  '81.  Greeniield.  Mo. 

1854 

BENJAMIN  MOSBY  HOBSON,  b.  Oct.  7,  1810,  Halifax  Co.,  Va.;  s.  Wat- 
kins  Hobson,  Mary  Oliver;  grad.  univ.  N.  C,  '37:  Union  T.  Sem.,  Va.  '40;  lie. 
Oct.  10,  '40,  Pby.  Orange:  ord.  Dec.  12,  '41,  Pby,  East  Hanover:  sup.  Amelia,  Va., 
'41-40;  3d  ch.,  Louisville,  Ky.,  '40-54:  rec.  by  Pby.  Up.  Mo.,  Oct.  7,  '54,  by  Pby. 
Laf.,  at  orgz'n;   p.  Lexington,  '55-03    (left  during  the  War,  relation  dinsaolved 


MIXISTERS.  49 

Oct.  6,  '66)  ;  dism.  to  Pbj'.  Ebeiiezer ;  m.  May,  '5G,  Martha  G.  Barboiu'.  Vick-.- 
burg,  Miss.;  d.  Dec.  20.  \S6,  Springfield,  Mo. 

HENRY  MARTYR'  PAYXTEK  (formerly  Painter),  b.  Mar.  17,  '27,  Wil- 
liamaburg,  Pa.;  s.  Josepli  Painter.  D.  D.  and  Hannah  S.  Vredenburg:  grad. 
Jefferson,  '47;  stud.  Western,  "47-49,  Princeton,  '49-01;  lie.  Apr.  11,  50,  Blairs- 
ville;  ord.  June,  '52,  Pby.  Mississippi;  sup.  Xenia,  0.,  ■50-51;  Vicksburg,  iliss., 
'51-54;  memb.  Pby.  Mo.;  p.  Boonville,  '54-62 :  banished  from  the  State,  Aug.  25, 
*62,  as  a  Southern  sympathizer;  m.  Sep.  23,  "52,  Alice  Moncure;  d.  Apr.  25,  '93, 
Chicago. 

JOHN   WETTLE,  memb.  Pby.  Lex.;  sup.  Germans  in  Boonville,  '54-55. 

1855 

JAMES  \\.  CLAKK,  lawyer;  ord.  June  22,  '55,  Pby.  Up.  Mo.;  sup.  Pisgah 
Waverly,  Mt.  Olive;  dism.  to  Iowa;  p.  Clarinda,  la.;  readm.  to  Pby.  Laf.,  Apr. 
7,  '69,  from  Pby.  Mo.  River;  p.  Lexington,  '69-71;  Concord  (Salt  Springs),  '71- 
73;  dism.  to  Pby.  Council  Bluffs,  Sep.  10,  '73;  d.  Feb.  16,  '79,  Clarinda,  la. 

1856 

GEORGE  WILLIAM  HARLAX,  b.  Sep.  7,  "24.  Cadiz,  Ky.;  s.  Levi  Harlan 
and  Frances  E.  Street;  grad.  Illinois,  '46;  Andover,  '51;  lie.  by  Suffolk  Cong. 
Assn.,  '51;  ord.  Pby.  Osage,  Apr.  '56;  sup.  Carrollton,  Mo.,  '52-3;  Brazeau, 
'53-54 ;  Osceola,  '54-58 ;  princ.  Osage  Acad.,  Osceola,  '58-59 ;  ree.  Pby.  Laf.  Sep. 
16,  '59;  dism.  Apr.  12,  '61  to  Pby.  Potosi;  A.  M.,  111.  C,  '50. 

JOSEPH  TAYLOR  LEONARD,  b.  Frankfort,  Ky.;  grad.  Masonic  Coll., 
Ky.,  •48;  New  Albany,  '52;  lie.  May  5,  '52,  Pby.  W.  Lexington;  ord.  Oct.  26,  '56, 
Pby.  Up.  Mo.;  rec.  Pby.  Laf.  at  orgz'n;  sup.  South  Grand  River,  '54-62;  re- 
moved to  Ky.,  '62;  dism.  Apr.  20,  '67  to  Pby.  Ebenezer. 

.TAMES  THOMAS  LAPSLEY,  b.  Jan.  18,  '19,  Mercer  Co.,  Ky.;  s.  James  F. 
Lapsley  and  Charlotte  Cleland;  grad.  Center,  '39;  Princeton,  '41;  farmer  and 
merchant;  lie.  Oct.  9,  '41;  Pby.  Transylvania;  ord.  May  6,  '42,  ib. ;  sup.  various 
chs.  in  Ky.,  '41-42;  Perry^-ille,  '42-43;  Greensburg,  and  Bethel,  "44-46;  Miss'y 
in  Pby.  Transylvania,  '46-47;  p.  Perryville,  Ky.,  '48-49;  Presb"!  Miss'y,  '49-50; 
p.  Flemingsburg,  Ky.,  '50-54;  s.  s.,  Elizaville,  Ky.,  '54-56;  rec.  Pby.  Laf.  fr.  Pby. 
Transylvania ;    s.    s..   Knob   Noster   and   Warrensburg,   '56-57 ;    Pleasant   Hill, 

'57-60;    dism.  ;    sup.   New  Providence,   Ky.,   '60-04;    Presb'l   and   Syn'l 

Miss'y,  Kv.,  '64-69;  rec.  Osage  Pby.,  Sep.  21.  '70,  fr.  Pbv.  Transvlvania ;  s.  s. 
Pleasant  Hill,  '70-72;  dism.  Mar.  18,  '73,  to  Pby.  Transylvania;  A'  :M.,  '42,  Cen- 
ter, D.  D.,  '73,  Highland  Univ.;  ni.  Apr.  19,  '42,  Frances  Ewing,  Boyle  Co.,  Ky.: 
m.  Oct.  2,  '45,  Eliz.  Brummell.  Greensburg,  Ky. ;  ni.  3d  Dec.  24,  '91,  Sarah  L. 
Webster,  Greensburg,  Ky. 

1857 

JOSEPH  WILLIAM  WALLACE,  b.  Nov.  29,  '21,  Fayette  Co..  Ky.:  grad. 
Center.  '40;  Princeton.  '45;  teacher;  lie.  by  2d  Pby.  X.  Y. ;  ord.  Xov.  '46, 
Pby.  W.  Lexington :  sup.  Mt.  Sterling,  Ky.,  '46-50 ;  Versailles  and  Clear  Creek, 
'50-56;  rec.  Pby.  Laf.,  Oct.  2,  '57,  fr.  Pby.  W.  Lexington;  sup.  Salem  and  High 
Grove.  '58-61 :  other  chs.  in  Jackson  Co.  ever  since  '57 ;  D.  &  T. 

1858 

JAilES  ^FDOXALD  CIIAXEY,  b.  :Mar.  IS,  "31,  Salem,  0.:  educ.  Des  Peres 
Inst.,  Mo.,  '52;  Princeton.  '56:  lie.  Pbv.  St.  Louis;  ord.  Apr.  4.  '58.  Pbv.  Laf.;  p. 
Waverly,  :Mo.,  '58-60 ;  Dover,  "58-67  :  D.  &  T. ;  D.  D.,  King  Coll.,  Tenn.' 

ALBERT  SHOTWELL,  rec.  Pby.  Laf.  Oct.  2,  '58,  fr.  Pby.  Ebenezer;  sup. 
Wostport;  dism.  A]ir.  7,  "ISO,  to  Pbv.  Eastern  Texas. 


5U  CHROXOLOCtICAL  eegister. 

1859 

ROBERT  SYMINGTON  REESE,  b.  Feb.  5,  "32,  Hanover,  Iiid. ;  s.  John 
Reese  and  Eliz.  Symington ;  grad.  Hanover,  "50 ;  tlieol.  priv.  under  Dr.  Nathan  L. 
Rice,  '50-51;  teacher  in  Ky.,  Ind.  and  Mo.;  lie.  Pby.  Laf. ;  ord.  June  4,  '59,  Pby. 
Laf. ;  sup.  Warrensburg,  Clinton  and  Knob  Noster,  '58-61 ;  Washington  Co.,  Va., 
'62-63  Ben  Salem,  Va.,  '63-68;  Clinton  and  Windsor,  Mo.,  '68-74;  rec.  Pby.  Osage, 
Apr.  16,  '75,  fr.  Pby.  Lafayette;  sup.  Knob  Noster,  '74-75;  dism.  Apr.  10,  '78  to 
Pby.  Benicia;  A.  M.,  '54,  Hanover;  m.  Sep.  25,  '76,  Warrensburg,  Mo. 

SAMUEL  D.  LOUGHEAD,  sup.  Jefferson  City. 

JOHN  J.  COOKE,  ord,  Nov.  26,  '59,  Pby.  Mo.;  p.  Jefferson  City,  '59-61. 

I860 

JOHN  jMONTGOMERY,  b.  Oct.  6,  1810,  Danville,  Ky.;  hatter,  tanner  and 
coppersmith;  grad.  Center,  '35;  tea.  do.,  '35-36;  stud.  Princeton,  '36-38;  lie.  '38, 
Pby.  Transylvania;  ord.  May  7,  '40,  do.;  sup.  Harrodsburg,  Ky.,  '38-57;  prine. 

Fern.  Col.  do.,  '45-50;  rec.  Pby.  Mo.,  fr.  Pby.  Transylvania;  sup.  1st. 

Ch.  Pettis,  '57ff.;  rec.  Pby.  Laf.  Apr.  6,  "60,  fr.  Pby.  Mo.;  pres.  Westminster  Col- 
lege, "64-65;  sup,  Fulton,  Mo.,  '64-65;  Sedalia  1st,  '65-67;  Sedalia,  2d,  '70-72; 
Longwood,  '72-78 ;  D.  &  T. ;  D.  D.,  Center  Coll.,  '58 ;  m.  May  2,  '44,  Kate  Rennick, 
Frankfort,  Ky. ;  d.  Feb.  10,  '99,  Longwood,  Mo. 

JOHN  HANCOCK,  b.  England;  sup.  Council  Bluffs,  la..  Liberty,  Mo.;  rec. 
Pby.  Laf.,  Sep.  22,  '60,  fr.  Pby.  Upper  Missouri;  sup.  Kansas  City  1st;  dism. 
Apr.  19,  '62,  to  Pby.  Philadelphia. 

SAMUEL  WILLIA^NISON  MITCHELL,  b.  Memphis,  Tenn. ;  grad.  Center, 
"57;  Danville,  '60;  lie.  Apr.  9,  '59,  Pby.  Laf.;  ord.  Sep.  25,  '60,  do.;  sup.  Little 
Osage;  dism.  Apr.  13,  '66  to  Pby.  Sangamon;  rec.  Pby.  Osage,  Apr.  10,  '78,  fr. 
Pby.  St.  Louis;  sup.  Warsaw,  Windsor,  Sunnyside,  Osceola,  Brownington;  dism. 
Apr.  12,  '82. 

JAMES  H.  BAIRD,  b.  Lebanon  twp.,  Pa.;  grad.  Jefferson.  "43;  theol.  priv.; 
lie.  Oct.  6,  '47,  Pby.  New  Castle;  ord.  Mar.  4,  "52,  Pby.  Wooster;  sup.  Vicks- 
burg,  Miss.,  '51;  Wooster,  0.,  '52-57;  Lock  Haven,  Pa.,  '57-60:  rec.  Pby.  Laf., 
Nov.  3.  '60,  fr.  Pby.  Northumberland;  sup.  Westport,  Mo.,  and  Wyandotte,  Kan.; 
dism.  Dec.  3,  '61,  to  Pby.  Philadelphia;  A.  M.,  Del.  C,  '47.  D.  D.,  F.  &  M.  C,  Pa., 
'87. 

GEORGE  MILLER,  b.  Sep.  3,  '34,  Chester  dist.,  S.  C;  s.  Robert  H.  MilLr 
and  Susan  McAlily:  grad.  Center,  '57;  Danville,  '60;  lie.  Apr.  '59,  Pby.  Tran- 
sylvania; ord.  Nov.  4,  '60,  Pby.  Laf.;  p.  Pleasant  Hill,  '60-67;  i-xiled  during 
Civil  War,  meanwhile  supplying  Kansas  City  1st,  Jan.  '63  to  Aug.  '04;  invalid 
for  some  years,  during  which  he  sup.  Greenwood,  Raymore,  Kingsville,  Bethel ; 
dism.  Apr.  14,  '77  to  Pby.  Platte;  sup.  Oregon  and  New  Point,  Mo.,  '76-81;  St. 
Joseph  2d,  "81-83;  readm.  Dec.  18,  '83,  Pby.  Osage,  fr.  Pby.  Upper  Mo.  (U.S.)  ;  p. 
Nevada,  "83-88;  Presby'l  Supply,  '88-89;  dism.  Apr.  "89  to  Pby.  Platte;  D.  D., 
Highland  Univ..  "91;  author  of  Missouri's  Memorable  Decade;  m.  Jan.  16,  '()2, 
Mary  W.  Hockaday,  Pleasant  Hill,  Mo.;  d.  Jan.  11,  1900,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

186i 

HENRY  HAMBLETON  CAMBERN,  b.  Oct.  9,  1811,  Marion  Co.,  Ky. ;  grad. 
Princeton  T.  S.,  '39;  ord.  Apr.  7,  "40,  Pby.  Salem;  p.  Jeffersonville.  Ind.,  '40-41, 
Charlestown,  '43-52;  Bridgeton,  '46-52;  Walnut  St.,  Louisville,  Ky.,  '52-54; 
Rushville,  '55-60;  rec.  Pbv.  Laf.  Apr.  11.  '61  fr.  Pby.  White  Water;  sup.  Mar- 
shall, '60-03;  left  during  the  War. 

1864 

ISAAC  WASHINGTON  CANFIELD,  b.  Dec.  27,  "23,  Morristown,  N.  J.; 
grad.  Center,  '44;  stud.  Princeton,  '48-50;  lie.  '50;  ord.  Oct.  17,  '52,  Pby.  Upper 


MINISTERS.  51 

Mo.:  Missy  in  Dekalb,  Clinton  and  Caldwell  Cos.,  Mo.,  '51-57;  Ray  Co.,  '58-02; 
Mulberry,  Ky.,  '03 ;  rec.  Pby.  Laf. ;  teacher  and  evang't,  Westport,  '64-07 ;  m. 
Oct.  2,  '50,  Selina  Morton,  Shelby  Co.,  Ky. ;  d.  Jan.  14,  '99,  Parsons,  Kan. 

1865 

GEORGE  KERR  SCOTT,  b.  Aug.  17,  '37,  Washington,  Pa.;  grad.  Washing- 
ton '55;  Western,  '58;  lie.  Pby.  Washington,  '58;  ord.  Apr.^'59,  ib. ;  sup.  Lock- 
hart,  Tex.,  '00:  Wayne  and  Chester,  O.,  '01-02;  Virginia,  111.,  '63-65;  rec.  Pby. 
Laf.,  Apr.  14,  '05  fr.  Pby.  Sangamon;  sup.  Independence,  '05-06;  dism.  Apr.  15, 
'67  to  Pby.  Salisbury:  m. Nov.  24,  '59,  Ella  Taylor  Beatty,  Mobeetie, Tex. ;  d.  Jan. 
10,  '89,  Mobeetie,  Tex. 

CHARLES  STURDEVANT,  grad.  Miami,  '32;  sup.  Lawrenceburg,  Ind.,  and 
Elizabethtown,  O.,  '36-38;  Richmond,  Ind.,  '38-41;  ill  health,  '41-44;  Connors- 
ville,  Ind.,  '44-46 ;  Hamilton,  O. ;  princ.  of  a  school,  Springfield,  0. :  gen.  agt. 
Bd.  Dom.  Missions:  rec.  Pby.  Laf..  Apr.  16,  '66  fr.  Pby.  Muncie;  sup.  Kansas 
City  1st,  Greenwood,  Independence;  dism.  Apr.  5,  '70;  to  Pby.  Leavenworth;  d. 
July  31,  '86,  Lamed,  Kan.  aged  79. 

1866  r 

TIMOTHY  HILL,  b.  June  30,  '19,  Mason,  N.  H.;  s.  Rev.  Ebenezer  Hill  and 
Abigail  Jones  (Stearns)  ;  grad.  Dartmouth,  '42;  Union,  '45;  teacher;  lie.  by 
3d  Pby.X.  Y.,  Apr.  18,  '45;  ord.  Pby.  St.  Louis,  Oct.  22,  '46;  sup.  Lagrange,  Mo., 
'45-46;  St.  Charles,  Mo.,  '46-51;  Fairmount,  ch.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
'51-60;  Synodical  Mis'y  Mo.,  '60-61:  Rosamond,  111.,  '61-63;  Shelbj^ille,  '63-65; 
rec.  Pby.  Lex..  A])r.  20,  '06  fr.  Pby.  Wabash :  orgz'd  Second  ch.  Kansas  City,  sup. 
it  '65-68 ;  rec.  Pby.  Osage,  at  Reunion :  Svnodical  Missionary,  for  Mo.,  Kan., 
Ind.  Ter  and  Texas,  '08-87  :  IVIod.  N.  S.  Syn.  Mo.,  '57  and  '09,  of  Syn.  after  Re- 
union, '70  and  '79:  Stated  Clerk,  do.,  '08-70;  editor,  Presbyterian  Recorder; 
D.  D.,  Highland  Univ.,  '74;  m.  Nov.  2,  '54,  Frances  A.  Hall,  St.  Louis,  Mo.; 
d.  May  21,  '87,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

GEORGE  W.  GOODALE,  b.  May  1.  "21,  W.  Boylston,  Mass.;  grad.  Amherst, 
'48;  theol.  priv. ;  carpenter,  teacher,  R.  R.  agt.;  lie.  Sep.  6,  '56,  Pby.  Peoria  and 
Knox ;  ord.  Nov.  8,  '59,  Bloomington ;  s.  s..  Kappa  and  El  Paso,  111..  '56-59 ; 
Vandalia,  '60-62;  tea.  Carbondale,  111.:  chaplain  U.  S.  Army;  sup.  Greenville, 
111. ;  teacher,  Weston,  !Mo. ;  '05-08 ;  rec.  Pby.  Lex.  Apr.  20,  '00 ;  rec.  Pby.  Osage, 
at  Reunion;  in  business,  Kansas  City,  '08-73;  s.  s.  Knob  Noster,  and  La  Monte, 
"73-74;  dism.  Apr.  10,  '74,  to  Pbv.  Topeka ;  m.  Sep.  15,  '49,  Mary  Hope,  Clinton, 
N.  J.;  d.  Sep.  28,  '99,  Chicago,  111. 

JOHN  :\r.  BROWN,  s.  Rev.  Amos  P.  Brown;  rec.  Pby.  Osage,  Apr.  27,  '66  fr. 
Pby.  Bloomington;  reorganizer  of  the  Pby.  Osage;  sup.  Warsaw;  dism.  at  Re- 
union to  Pby.  Ozark. 

ALBERT  GALLATIN  TAYLOR,  b.  Oct.  3,  1810,  in  Tenn.;  s.  Leroy  Taylor; 
educ.  Maryville,  Tenn.;  teacher  in  Tenn.  and  Mo.;  lie.  Sep.  8,  '37,  Pby.  French 
Broad;  rec.  by  Pby.  Osage  before  the  War,  also  at  reorg'n  in  1866;  all  his  work 
was  as  a  Home  Mis'v,  mainly  in  southern  Mo. ;  dism.  at  Reunion  to  Pby.  Ozark 
m.  July  12,  '38 ;  d.  Nov.  5,  '95. 

WILLIAM  S.  MESMER,  U.  S.  Army,  3  yrs.;  rec.  Pby.  Osage,  at  orgz'n,  Apr. 
27,  '66,  fr.  Pby.  Utica;  sup.  Warsaw  and  Salem;  dism.  Apr.  2,  "69  to  Pby.  Mon- 
roe. 

JOSHUA  BARBEE,  b.  Danville,  Ky. ;  educ.  Center  C.  and  Danville  S. :  lie. 
'01,  Pby.  Transylvania;  ord.  Oct.  9,  '66,  Pby.  Laf.;  sup.  Smithton,  Sedalia,  Knob 
Noster  and  Warrensburg.  during  the  Civil  War;  Mt.  Olive  and  Pisgah,  '66flf . ; 
D.  &  T. :  d.  Nov.  1900,  Excelsior  Springs,  [Mo. 

SETH  GOLD  CLARK,  b.  Aug.  13,  '17,  ]Masonville,  N.  Y.;  s.  Daniel  Watts 
Clark  and  Charity  Gold;  grad.  Western  Reserve,  '43;  Western  Reserve  Sem.  '46: 
lie.  Oct.   7.  '4.1.  Pby.  Cleveland;   ord.  May  '47,  do.;   sup.  Hudson,  IJainbridge, 


52  CHRONOLOGICAL  EEGISTEE. 

Aurora,  0.;  dist.  sec.  A.  B.  C.  F.  M.,11  yrs. :  chaplain  10th  0.  V.  Cavalry,  '62-65; 
chaplain  of  House  of  Correction  and  Seamen's  Friend  Soc,  Detroit,  Mich.,  '65; 
rec.  Pby.  Lex.,  Oct.  12,  '06  fr.  Pby ;  rec.  Pby.  Osage,  Apr.  24,  '68 ;  re- 
organizer  for  Pbys.  of  Lex.  and  Osage  after  the  War;  orgz'd  and  sup.  Holden, 
Greenwood,  Harrisonville;  Austin,  Butler,  Appleton  City.  Papinsville.  Lone  Oak 
and  Lamar;  dism.  Apr.  21,  '71  to  Pby.  Highland;  financial  agt.  Highland  Univ., 
'71-76:  tlie  last  two  summers  with  mis"y  tent  in  northern  Kansas  and  southern 
Nebraska;  sup.  lola  and  Carlyle,  Kan.,  2  yrs*.;  Baxter  Springs,  Galena  and  Em- 
pire. Kan.;  readm.  Pby.  Osage,  Apr.  1.3,  '81,  fr.  Pby.  Xeosho;  orgz'd  and  sup. 
Eich  Hill.  Rockville  and  Hume:  redism.  Sep.  23,  '85  to  Pby.  Larned,  orgz'd  8 
chs.  in  S.  W.  Kan.:  sup.  Yates  Center,  Kan.;  readm.  Pby.  K.  C,  Apr.  9,  '95,  fr. 
Pby.  Xeosho;  sup.  Raymore;  H.  R.  '90;  m.  Apr.  20,'56,  Lucy  Peck,  RuggleS.  O. : 
m.  2d  Apr.  7,  '75,  Emma  Perry,  Milan,  O.;  d.  Apr.  22,  '98,  Appleton  City,  Mo. 

NELSOX  HORACE  SMITH,  b.  May  9,  '30,  Blair=ville,  Pa.r  lie.  '60,  Pby. 
Ohio:  ord.  '61,  Pby.  Kansas;  rec.  Pby.  Laf.,  Oct.  12,  '60,  fr.  Pby.  UppiT  Mo.: 
transferred  by  Synod  in  order  to  make  a  quorum  for  the  reorgaz'n  of  Pby.  Laf. 
dism.  Feb.  19'  '07  to  Pby.  Up.  Mo.;  m.  May  1,  '60,  Jennie  X.  Lloyd; 

GEORGE  ERASER,  educ.  Center  and  Jefi'erson  Cs.;  rec.  Pby.  Laf.,  Oct.  12, 
'66,  by  order  of  Synod;  sup.  Kansas  City  1st;  dism.  Apr.  6,  '69  to  Pby. 
Kaskaskia. 

SELATHIEL  MILTOX  IR\YIX,  b.  Xov.  23,  '36,  South  Salem,  O. ;  s.  Wm.  S. 
Irwin  and  Sarah  ]Mc^Iunn :  grad.  Hanover,  '61 ;  Princeton,  '66 ;  princ.  Han- 
over. Ind.,  High  School,  '62-63]  lie,  June  6.  '05,  Pby.  Chillicothe;  ord.  Nov. 
25,  '66,  Pby.  Southwest  Missouri;  sup.  Little  Osage  and  Big  Drywood  (Mar- 
miton),  '66-67;  dism.  '67  to  Pby.  Topeka. 

1867 

EBEX  MUSE.  b.  Oct.  31,  '39.  Alleghanv  Co.,  Pa.:  grad.  Center,  '60;  stud. 
Danville,  '60-61,  Western.  '62-63;  9th  Pa.  U.  S.  Vol.  Inf.,  '61-62;  lie.  Apr.  16, 
'63,  Pby.  Ebenezer;  ord.  Mav  "64,  Pbv.  Chillicothe;  sup.  Xew  Plymouth,  O.,  '63; 
Eekmanville  and  Mt.  Leide.  '63-65;  rec.  Pby.  Laf.,  Feb.  19,  '67  fr.  Pby. 
Chillicothe;  p.  Warrensburg,  '67-70:  dism.  Sep. '23,  '70  to  Pby.  Whitewater;  m. 
Feb.  16,  '04,  Laura  Jones,  CenterA'ille,  Ind.;  d.  July  23,  '91,  Quincy,  Mass. 

CORXELIUS  VAX  HOUTTEX  MOXFORT,  b.  '35,  Franklin,  Ind. ;  s.  Rev. 
David  Monfort,  D.  D. :  grad.  Knox,  '61;  Western,  '64;  lie.  '63,  Pby.  Schuyler; 
ord.  Apr.  8,  '66,  Pby.  Kaskaskia;  sup.  Butler.  111.  '66;  rec.  Laf.,  Oct.  5,  '67,  fr. 
Pby.  Kaskaskia;  sup.  Otterville:  and  Smithton;  dism.  Apr.  4,  '68  to  Pby. 
Topeka:  d.  Aug.  10,  '72,  Labette,  Kan. 

JOSEPH  HARTSEL  BYERS,  b.  Jan.  24,  '33.  Sullivan  Co.,  Tenn.;  s.  Benj. 
B.  Byers  and  Mary  Owen ;  partial  college  course ;  Danville  T.  S.,  '64 ;  lie.  Apr.  9, 
'64,  Pby.  Transylvania;  ord.  Apr.  15,  '05,  ib. ;  sup.  New  Providence,  Ky.,  '64; 
Somerset  and  P'isgah,  '64-67;  rec.  Pby.  Laf.  Oct.  5,  '67  fr.  Pby.  Transylvania; 
sup.  Knob  Noster  and  Sugar  Creek,  '67-70 :  memb.  Pby.  Osage  at  Reunion ;  sup. 
Kansas  City  Third,  '70-71;  Lexington,  '71-74;  dism.  Sep.  9.  '74  to  Pby.  San 
Francisco;  readm.  Pby.  Osage,  Oct.  2,  '77  fr.  Pby.  Sacramento;  orgz'd  ch.  at 
Nevada,  sup.  it  '78-80:  redism.  to  Pby.  Topeka,  Apr.  14.  '80;  ni.  July  11,  '65, 
Martha  J.  Andrews,  New  London,  N.'  H.;  d.  Mar.  29,  1900;  buried  at  Knob 
Noster. 

ALANSON  CARROLL,  b.  Feb.  14,  '32,  Granville,  0.;  s.  Anthony  Wayne 
Carroll  and  Belinda  Root;  grad.  Western  Reserve,  "58;  theol.  mostly  priv.,  Mc- 
Cormick,  '64-65;  teacher,  Charleston,  111.,  '58-66;  Independence,  Mo..  "68-74; 
Olathe,  Kan.;  '74-81;  Hays  City,  Kan.,  '81-85;  Independence,  Mo.,  since  '85; 
lie.  '65,  Pby.  Palestine,  ord.  same  time;  never  a  pastor;  rec.  Pby.  Laf.,  Oct.  12, 
'67.  fr.  Pby.  Palestine;  dism.  Apr.  17,  "75  to  Pby.  Topeka;  A.  M.,  Western  Re- 
serve '61 ;  m.  '58,  Mary  T.  I\Iurch,  Reynoldsburg.  0. 

ENOS  M.  HALBERT,  b.  Mar.  19,  '34.  Wilson  Co..  Tenn.:  s.  Joel  B.  Halbert 
and  Tirzah  Sherrell :  cduc.  North  Prairie  Inst.,  Hickory  Co.;  stud,  theol.  "on 


MINISTERS.  53 

horseback  and  at  home,  teaching  self,  s.  w.  Mo.;"  farmer,  miller,  stuiU-nt, 
soldier,  merchant,  '43-66;  lie.  Apr.  28,  "66,  Pby.  Osage;  ord.  Oct.  13,  '67,  do.  (no 
quorum  present)  ;  sup.  Sunnyside,  Mt.  Salem  and  Calhoun;  dism.  at  Reunion  to 
Pby.  Ozark;  m.  May  1,  '72,  Amanda  M.  Taylor,  Walnut  Grove,  Mo. 

1868 

CYRUS  H.  DQNLAP,  b.  Oct.  12,  34,  Butler  Co.,  Pa.;  s.  James  Dunlap  and 
Clarrissa  Stoughton;  Westminster  C,  Pa.,  '61;  Western,  '67;  lie.  Apr.  12,  '63, 
Pby.  Beaver;  ord.  Apr.  26,  '64,  Pby.  Allegheny  City;  sup.  North  ch.,  Allegheny 
City,  Pa.,  '64-66;  Carondelej;,  Mo.,  '67-68;  rec.  Pby.  Laf.,  Apr.  4,  "68,  Pby.  St. 
Louis;  sup.  Sedalia  1st,  '68-72;  dism.  Apr.  20,  '72,"Pby.  Ozark;  m.  Apr.  12,  '.58, 
Miss  A.  B.  Johnson. 

JAMES  YOUNG,  b.  Nov.  5,  '24,  Mercer  Co.,  Pa. ;  s.  Wm.  Young,  Margaret 
Buchanan;  grad.  Washington,  '49;  Western,  '52;  lie.  Apr.  14,  '52,  Pby.  Erie; 
ord.  Apr.  22,  ^54,  Pby.  Greenbriar;  p.  French  Creek,  Va.,  '52-58;  New  Salem,  O., 
'58-63;  chap.  81st  Ohio  Vols.,  U.  S.  A.,  "63-64;  Miss'y  to  Freedmen;  rec.  by  Pby. 
Laf..  Apr.  4,  '68,  fr.  Pbv.  Svdnev:  Sup.  High  Point,  '67-73;  H.  R.;  m.  Apr.  28, 
'57,  Rosanna  McAvoy;  d.  Oct.  26*,  '97,  High  Point,  Mo. 

A.  J.  JOHNSON,  b.  England;  ord.  Pby.  Laf.,  Sep.  25,  '68;  sup.  Otterville 
and  Smithton ;  dism.  Oct.  18,  '75  to  Pby.  Vincennes. 

HIRAM  HILL,  b.  Aug.  29,  '32,  Belleville,  N.  Y.;  Yellow  Springs  C,  '57 
Auburn,  '61;  ord.  Apr.  '62,  Pby.  Waterto^^^^;  sup.  Cape  Vincent,  N.  .Y,  '61-65; 
Austin,  Nev.,  '65-()6 ;  rec.  Pby.  Lex.,  Oct.  1,  '68;  rec.  Pby.  Osage  at  Reunion;  p. 
Holden,  '67-73;  Harrisonville,  '68;  Carthage,  Mo.,  '73-74;  dism.  Sep.  9,  '74,  to 
Pby.  San.  Jose;  m.  Oct.  9,  '61,  Lois  A.  Brown,  Auburn,  N.  Y. 

'  JOSIAH  JOHNSON  BROWN,  b.  Aug.  29,  '39,  Newark,  N.  J.;  grad.  Rut-, 
gers,  '60;  stud.  New  Brunswick,  '65-66,  Union,  '66-68;  ord.  Pby.  Lex.,  Oct.  4,  '68; 
rec.  Pby.  Osage,  Apr.  2,  '69;  sup.  Clinton  and  Austin;  dism.  Apr.  16,  '70  to  Pby. 
Humboldt. 

DUNCAN  M'NAUGHTON,  b.  Canada;  lie.  Nov.  13,  '67;  ord.  Oct.  4,  '68, 
Pbv.  Lex. ;  rec.  Pby.  Osage  at  Reunion ;  sup.  IMorristown,  Westpoint,  et  al.,  had 
eight  preaching  places  at  once;  dism.  Oct.  21,  '70. 

DUNCAN  CIL\:MBERS  MILNER,  b.  Mar.  10,  '41,  Jefferson  Co.,  O.:  s. 
David  M.  Milner  and  Mai-y  A.  Chambers;  grad.  Washington  and  Jefferson,  '(]{]; 
stud.  Union.  '66-68;  Lieut.  98th  Ohio  Vols.,  U.  S.  A.,  "63-64,  wounded;  lie.  Apr. 
'68,  Pby.  Brooklyn ;  ord.  Oct.  4,  '68,  Pby.  Lex. :  rec.  Pby.  Osage,  Apr.  2,  '69 ;  sup. 
Osceola,  '68-71 ;  Kansas  City  3d,  '71-75:  dism.  Sep.  15, '75  to  Pby.  Topeka  :  D.  D., 
Emporia,  '88;  m.  May  19,  '68,  Lucy  M.  Reed. 

WILLIAM  LEWIS  BRECKENRIDGE.  b.  July  22,  1803.  Cabell's  Dale,  Ky.; 
s.  Hon.  John  Breckenridge  and  ^Marv  Cabell  Hopkins;  prof.  Langs.,  Center  C, 
Ky. ;  pres.  Oakland  C,  Miss.;  pres.  Center  C,  Ky. ;  pres.  elect  Westminster  C., 
Mo.,  '54;  p.  Maysville,  Ky.,  '31;  Loui'villo,  1st,  Ky.,  "36-60;  rec.  Pby.  Laf.,  D'^c 
24,  '68;  evangelistic  work;  sup.  Bethel,  Raj'more,  Kansas  City  Ist,  Pleasant 
Hill;  mod.  0.  S.  Gen.  Ass'y,  ',59;  mod.  Syn.  Mo.,  '70;  D.  D.,  LL.  D. :  d.  Dec.  26, 
'76,  Raymore,  Mo. 

1869 

LEONIDAS  JEWELL  MATTHEWS,  b.  McMinnville,  Tenn. ;  educ.  priv.: 
lie.  Oct.  13,  '67.  Pby.  Osage;  ord.  Apr.  4,  '69,  ib. :  sup.  Licking.  Peace  Valley, 
White  Rock,  ^lountain  Grove;  dism.  at  Reunion  to  Pby.  Ozark. 

JOHN  W.  ALLEN,  b.  Feb.  1,  '37,  Belmont,  O.;  s.  Wm.  Allen  and  Jane 
Workman;  grad.  Washington,  '60;  stud.  Western,  '60-62,  Northwestern,  "63;  lie. 
Apr.  '62.  Pby.  St.  Clairsviile;  ord.  "64,  Pby.  Lima;  p.  Van  Wert,  O.,  "63-66; 
Lake  City,  Minn.,  '(W;  Young  America,  111.,  '66-68;  rec.  Pby.  Laf..  Sop.  29, 
'60;  evang'c  and  edit'l  work,  Kansas  City,  "('S-71  ;  Pres'l  Missy,  '71-i2;  Synod'l 
Miss'y,  Mo.,  '72-80;  ed.  St.  Louis  Evangelist,  '79-Sl  ;  dist.  sec.  Bd.  Pub.  &  S.  S. 


54  CHRONOLOGICAL  REGISTER. 

Work,  "Slff.;  dism.  to  Pby.  St.  Louis,  Apr.  12,  '82;  D.  D.  Wooster,  79;  m.  Xov. 
29,  '04,  Roxana  Purmort,  Van  Wert,  0. ;  d.  Feb.  12,  '99,  Martinsville,  Ind. 

EGBERT  IRWIN,  b.  Jan.  1,  '33,  Oxford,  0.;  grad.  Hanover,  '54:  Western, 
'57:  lie.  Apr.  5,  "56,  Pby.  Muncie;  ord.  Apr.  '57,  Pby.  Logansport;  p.  West 
Union  and  Bethlehem,  Ind.,  '5G-64 :  chaplain  46th  Ind.  Vols..  U.  S.  A.,  '61-U2 : 
Waveland,  Ind.,  '04-68;  ree.  Pby.  Laf.,  Sep.  29.  '09;  p.  Kansas  City  1st,  '69-73: 
dism.  Apr.  9,  '73.  to  Pbv.  St.  Louis:  D.  D. ;  m.  Apr.  17,  '56,  Kate  M.  Matthews. 
New  Albany,  Ind.:  d.  Apr.  10,  '93,  St.  Charles,  Mo. 

CHARLES  DEI^LIY  NOTT,  b.  Sep.  12.  '33.  Norman  Vale,  N.  Y. :  grad. 
Union.  '54;  stud.  Union  T.  Sem.,  '55-50:  New  Brunswick.  '50-58:  ord.  by  R. 
D.  Classis  of  Montgomery,  Oct.  25,  '59 ;  p.  Ref.  Dutch  ch.,  Mohawk,  N.  Y./  '59- 
64:  Presb.  ch.,  Manchester,  N.  J.,  '04-05;  Urbana,  111.,  '00-09:  rec.  Pby.  Osage 
fr.  Pby.  Lex.  at  Reunion;  s.  s.  Kansas  City  2d,  '09-71;  dism.  Dec.  15.  '70  to 
Pby.  St.  Louis:  D.  D.,  Union  C,  '74. 

PHILANDER  READ,  b.  J\Iay  4,  '30,  Wattsburg,  Pa.;  grad.  Amherst,  "59; 
Auburn,  '02;  U.  S.  Army,  '01-63;  chaplain,  U.  S.  Army,  '03-65;  lie.  '61,  Pby. 
Casaiga;  ord.  Jan.  4,  '63,  by  a  Council  of  Chaplains,  Carrollton,  La.;  sup. 
Roila,  Mo.,  '00;  Center  Point,  Iowa,  '07;  rec.  at  Reunion  fr.  Pby.  Lex.,  by, 
Pby.  Osage;  sup.  Austin  and  Harrisonville,  '09;  also  iSugar  Creek,  09-73;  dism. 
Sep.  10," '73;  to  Pby.  Emporia;  m.  Oct.  1,  '68,  Amelia  Lindia  McNeill, 
Center  Point,  la.;  m.  2d  Apr.  29,  '74,  Mary  Jane  Muscott,  Lewis  Co.,  N.  Y'^. 

1870 

JOSEPH  ADDISON  WHITAKER,  b.  July  3,  '26;  Philadelphia,  Pa.;  s. 
James  Whitaker  and  Sarah  Adams ;  grad.  Delaware,  '52 :  theol.  priv.  under  Jas. 
P.  Wilson,  D.  D.:  lie.  Apr.  10,  "51,  Pby.  Philadelphia  4th;  ord.  Oct.  8,  '51,  do.: 
sup.  Marble  and  Darby,  Pa.,  '51:  Belvidere,  N.  J.,  '55-59;  prine.  Brainerd  Sem.. 
do.;  chaplain  11th  Pa.  Vol.  Cav.,  until  injured;  in  charge  U.  S.  Sanitary  work  at 
Annapolis,  Md. ;  lecturer  for  IT.  S.  San.  Com.  in  New  Eng. ;  also  for  Freedmen's 
Commission;  rec.  at  Reunion  by  Pby.  Osage  from  Pby.  "St.  Louis;  sup.  Jefferson 
City,  '00-73:  dism.  July  15,  '73  to  Pby.  St.  Louis;  A.  M.,  Del.  C.  also  Princeton: 
m.  May  24,  '54,  Louise  Janvier,  Newark,  Del.;  m.  2d  Apr.  18,  '90,  Margaret  E. 
Wilson,  N.  Granville,  N.  Y. 

BENJAMIN  FRANKLIN  POWELSON,  b.  Sep.  10,  '40,  Hampshire  Co., 
(W.)  Va.,  s.  Chas.  Powelson,  Catharine  Case:  grad.  Washington,  "60:  stud. 
Western,  '60-02,  '06-07:  Lieut.  U.  S.  Army,  '02-65;  lie.  Apr.  24.  '62,  Pby. 
Washington;  ord.  Sep.  10,  '68  by  Pby.  S.  W.  Mo.;  rec.  Pby.  Osage  at  Reunion; 
sup.  Deepwater  (Old)  and  Little  Osage,  '67-71;  Montrose.  "70-73;  dism.  Sep.  10, 
'73  to  Pby.  Ozark;  sup!  Neoslio,  Mo.,  '73-74;  readm.  Pby.  Osaoe  fr.  Pfey.  Ozark, 
Sep.  13,  '76;  princ.  Butler  Acad.,  '76-79:  dism.  Sep.  9,  '79  to  Ay.  Ozark;  A.  M., 
W.  &  J.,  "03;  ni.  July  20,  '70,  jNlersylvia  J.  Austin,  Deepwater,  Mo. 

JAMES  HUTCHINSON  CLARK,  b.  July  12,  '32,  Reading,  0.;  grad.  Miami, 
'53;  stud.  Princeton,  '53-54,  Danville,  '54-50;  lie.  '55,  Pby.  Cincinnati:  ord.  Aug. 
19,  '57,  ib. ;  sup.  Mt.  Carmel.  0.,  '50;  Monroe,  '56-57;  Somerset  and  Pisgah,  '57- 
58:  in  N.  J.,  '58-61:  agt.  Seamen's  Friend  Soc,  "01-02;  sup.  Council  Bluffs.  la. 
',02-66;  ill  healtli,  '67;  St.  Louis,  Mo..  '07-09;  Washington,  Mo.,  '69-70:  ree.  Pby. 
Osage,  Oct.  21,  '70,  fr.  Pby.  St.  Louis;  sup.  Warrensburg,  '70-72;  sec.  Mo.  S.  S. 
Conv'n.  '72-73:  dism.  Sep.'  10.  "73,  to  Pbv.  Topeka;  m.  Sep.  21,  '58,  Jennie,  dau. 
Rev.  John  P.  Van  Dyke:  d.  Mar.  31,  1900,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

GEORGE  WHITEFIELD  1NL4CM1LLAN,  b.  Aug.  10.  '27,  York  Co.,  Pa.; 
grad.  Princeton  T.  Sem.,  '57;  lie.  Apr.  '57,  Pby.  Pliilad'.  Ijiliia;  ord.  Nov.  17,  '57, 
Pby.  Albany;  sup.  Princctown,  N.  Y.,  '57-03;  Lithopolis,  0..  '03-60;  Brunswick 
iind  Salem.  111..  '66-09:  rec.  Pby.  Osage,  Oct.  21.  '70.  fr.  Pby.Peoria;  sup,  Butler 
and  Lone  Oak,  '70-72:  Osceola,"  '72-73;  dism.  to  Pby.  Mpnmouth,  Oct  18.  '73:  D. 
D.,  Richmond  C,  0.,  '88 ;  Ph.  D.,  C.  N.  J.,  '88. 

JOHN  BOYD  ALLEN,  b.  Oct.  12,  '13,  Sturbridge,  Mass.;  Union  C,  '40: 
Union  T.  Sem.,  '40-41.  Hartford,  '41-43;  ord.  Api/.  9.  '45,  Pby.  Pennsylvania; 


MIXISTEES.  55 

sup.  Covington  and  Mansfield,  Pa.,  '45-49;  Austenburg,  O.,  '49-50;  Gustavus,  0.. 
"oO-oC:  Brooklyn,  O.,  ■5()-07  ;  also  Parma,  '56-59:  and  Rockport,  '59-G7 ;  w.  c, 
Cleveland,  0.,  '1)7-70;  rec.  Pby.  Osage,  Oct.  21,  70,  fr.  Pby.  Cleveland;  sup.  Clin- 
ton, '70-74;  dism.  Sep.  10,  '74'  to  Pby.  Cleveland;  d.  Dec.  1,  '93,  Brooklj'n,  O. 

JOHN  ROBIXSOX  AC^XEW,  b.  June  S,  ISIO,  McConnelsburg,  Pa.;  grad. 
Dickinson,  '29;  stud.  Union  T.  Sera.,  Va.,  "29-31,  grad.  Princeton;  lie.  Apr.  lU, 
'34;  ord.  Apr.  3,  '38,  Pby.  Allegheny;  Miss'y  to  Choctaw  Inds.,  '34-36;  sup. 
Scrubgrass,  Lawrenceburg  and  Harrisville,  Pa.,  '37-45 ;  agt.  Lafayette  C,  '40 ; 
sup.  Welch  Run,  "49-51 ;  Bd.  of  Colportage.  Pa.,  '52-53;  sup.  Pine  Creek,  '53;  Mt. 
Carmel,  '53-54 ;  Chestnut  Grove,  Md.,  '53-55 ;  prof.  Steubenville,  0.,  '55-59 ;  suj). 
Center  and  Richmond,  0.,  '57-58;  Monaghan,  '00-61;  agt.  Lincoln  fniv.,  '65-07  : 
tea.  &  s.  s.,  Columbia,  Tenn.,  '07-09;  chaplain  Mo.  State  Penitentiary,  '69-71: 
rec.  Pbv.  Osage  fr.  Pby.  St.  Louis  at  Reunion;  agt.  Am.  Bible  Soc,  Jefferson 
City;  dism.  Sep.  10,  "73  to  Pby.  Carlisle;  d.  Feb.  3,  'SB,  Greencastle,  Pa. 

DAVID  AGXEW  WILSOX,  b.  Dec.  5,  '21,  Gettysburg,  Pa.;  grad.  Marshall, 
'45;  Princeton,  '51;  tea.  in  Sera,  and  Coll.;  lie.  Apr.  8,  '51,  Pby.  Carlisle;  ord. 
Apr.  9,  '51,  do.;  Miss'y  to  Liberia,  Africa;  princ.  Alexander  High  Sch.,  Monro- 
via. '51-58:  sup.  Stubenville  2d..  O..  '58-59;  Potosi,  Mo.,  ;60-61,  princ.  A<ad. 
chaplain.  U.  S.  Armv.  '01-03:  p.  Ironton,  Mo.,  '64-69;  sup.  Schools,  do.,  '68-69; 
warden  Mo.  State  Penitentiary,  '09-71;  rec.  Pby.  Osage  Oct.  21,  '70  fr.  Pby.  St. 
Louis;  financial  aat.  Lindenwood  Coll..  '71;  dism.  to  Pbv.  St.  Louis,  Apr.  22, 
'71;  D.  D..  Liberia";  C,  '79. 

•1871 

WILLIAM  M'CARER  XEWTOX,  b.  Titusville,  Pa. ;  s.  Isaac  Newton  and 
Ellen  Conover;  grad.  Knox,  '62;  Lane,  '05:  lie.  '04,  Pby.  Cincinnati;  ord.  '65. 
Pby.  Huron;  sup.  Bloomville,  O.,  Republic,  Melrose,  '05-71:  rec.  Osage,  Sep.  13, 
'71,  fr.  Pbv.  Huron :  sup.  Appleton  Citv  and  Westfield.  '71-75 :  also  occas'y  Mont- 
rose, Schell  City,  Little  Osage;  p.  Butler,  '75-83;  dism.  Apr.  9,  '84,  to  Pby.  Ne- 
braska Citv;  sup.  Blue  Sprincs,  Xeb.,  '84-80:  readm.  Pbv.  Osage,  Apr.  14,  '80: 
p.  Raj-more,  '80-93:  sup.  Creig^hton,  '92-93;  Lowry  City,  and  Westfield,  '93-1900: 
m.  May  2,  '07,  Cynthia  J.  Hamilton,  Xiles,  O. 

WILLIAM  :NLAlXOX  CHEEVER,  b.  Sep.  23,  '18,  Vernon,  Ind.;  s.  Joshua 
and  Chloe:  grad.  Hanover:  Lane,  '43;  tea.  Madison,  Ind.;  lie.  '42,  Pby.  Salem; 
p.  Monticello,  Ind. :  Rockville  2d,  '47  ;  Baldwin  ch.  Terre  Haute.  '49 ;  Troy,  O., 
't58-06:  i*ec.  Pbv.  Osage.  Dec.  23,  '71  fr.  Pbv.  Cincinnati;  sup.  Kansas  Citv  2d 
'71-78:  m.  July  8.  '44.  Mnrg.  L.  Jackson:  m.  2d  June  3,  '51,  Miss  E.  C.  Bali;  d. 
June  2,  '78,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

1872 

WILLIAM  C.  COLE^LVN  (the  middle  initial  is  recently  inserted),  b.  Nov. 
29.  '30.  CarroUton,  O. ;  s.  Jos.  Coleman,  Eliz.  McKahan;  grad.  Miami,  '60;  stud. 
Western,  '00-02;  chaplain  V.  S.  Army:  lie.  Apr.  '02,  Pby.  Chillicothe;  ord.  fall 
132,  do. ;  sup.  Eckmanville.  O..  '02 :  West  Union  and  Manchester.  O..  '02-07 ;  tea. 
North  Liberty,  0..  '07-08;  rec.  Pby.  Osage,  Apr.  20,  "72  fr.  Pby.  Chillicothe;  sup. 
Pleasant  Hill,  '72-75:  tea.  do.,  '75-70:  dism.  Sep.  11.  '77  to  Pby.  Neosho;  sup. 
Columbus,  Kan.,  '70-81:  Garnet,  '81-80:  Cherokee  Co.,  Kan.,  "'87-90:  Thayer. 
'90-91  :  readm.  to  Pby.  Kan.  C'y.  Oct.  21,  "91,  fr.  Pby.  X^osho;  sup.  Deepwater 
and  Brownington.  '91-94:  CenterView,  '94-95;  Greenwood,  do.;  tea.  Butler  Acad., 
'95-90:  sup.  Fairview,  Lone  Oak  and  Schell  City,  '90-97;  Kansas  City  4th.  '98, 
inst'd,  Apr.  20,  1900;  m.  Mar  '04,  Eliz.  Smith:  m.  2d,  1900. 

JEFFERSON  CLAY  THORNTOX,  b.  Jan.  9,  '27,  Salem,  Ind.;  s.  Henry  P. 
Thornton  and  Martha  Ward;  grad.  Indiana  Un.,  '48;  New  Albany  T.  Sem. ; 
tea.  Liberty,  Mo.,  '50-58.  also  in  Lawrence  Co.,  111.,  Knox  Co..  Ind.,  and  War- 
rensburg.  Mo.:  ord.  May.  '32.  Pby.  Xew  Albany:  sup.  St.  Charles,  Mo..  '52; 
Liberty,  '53:  Orleans.  Iiid..  '59-00;'  Mt.  Carmel,  111..  '00-64;  Lawrenceville,  '64- 
08;  Palestine.  Til.,  '71  ;  Osborne  and  Fasten,  Mo.,  "71-72;  rec.  Pby.  Osage.  Apr. 


56  CHEONOLOGICAL.EEGISTER. 

20,  72  fr.  Pby.  Mattoon;  sup.  Knob  Noster  and  LaMonte,  72-73;  H.  R.,  War- 
rensbiirg:  dism.  Oct.  21,  "91,  to  Pby.  Lexington  (Cumb.  Pibn.)  ;  nervous  pros- 
tration, 73,  fr.  wh.  never  fully  recovered;  A.  M.,  Ind.  Un.,  '58;  m.  Nov.  29,  '55, 
Kate  R.  Bird,  Liberty,  Mo. 

ALEXANDER  WALKER,  b.  Feb.  27,  '40,  Kirkoswald,  Scotland,  educ.  at 
Dudlev,  Eng. ;  lie.  by  Indep't  Ch.,  Eng. ;  ord.  Pby.  Osage,  Apr.  23,  '72;  sup. 
Otterviile,  p.  Tipton,  '72-83;  p.  Butler,  '83-89;  Syni  Miss'y  :\Io.,  '89-92;  came  to 
America  1869  and  settled  on  a  farm  near  Otterviile;  ni.  Feb.  14,  'G3  Agnes 
Hannah,  Liverpool,  Eng.;  d.  June  11,  '92,  Butler,  Mo. 

(JAMES)  DUNCAN  BROWN,  b.  June  6,  '44,  Hannibal,  Mo.;  grad.  Pardee, 
'68;  Princeton,  '71;  lie.  Apr.  '70,  Pby.  Palmyra;  ord.  Apr.  23,  '72,  Pby.  Osage; 
sup.  Warsaw  and  Sunnyside,  '71-72;  dism.  Apr.  10,  '73  to  Pby.  Palmyra;  A.  M., 
Highland  Un.,  '72;  D.  D.,  do.,  "86. 

JOHN  HENDERSON  MILLER,  b.  May  11,  '45,  Mansfield,  0.;  s.  John  K. 
Miller  and  Ellen  Wise;  grad.  Wittemberg,  O.,  '08;  Princeton,  '71;  lie.  Apr.  22, 
'70,  Pby.  New  Brunswick;  ord.  May  5,  '72,  Pby.  Topeka ;  p.  Olathe,  Kan.,  '71-72; 
rec.  Pby.  Osage,  Oct.  17,  '72,  fr.  Pby.  Topeka;  P.  Sedalia  1st,  70-76;  dism.  Apr. 
14,,  '77  to  Pby.  Topeka;  p.  Junction  City,  Kan.,  '76-81;  readm.  Pby.  Osage,  Sep. 
14,  '81,  fr.  Pby.  Topeka:  sup.  Kansas  City  Second,  ^81-82;  p.  Kansas  City  4th, 
'83-88;  p.  Rich  Hill,  '89-98;  p.  Nevada,  '98;  D.  D.,  Highland  Un.,  '85;  m. 
Frances  Orr,  Junction  City,  Kan. 

1873 

WILLIAM  HENDERSON  HILLIS,  b.  July  22,  '41;  Jefferson  Co.,  Ind.; 
grad.  Miami,  '65;  Western,  '68;  lie.  Apr.  ',67,  Pby.  Allegheny;  ord.  June  '69, 
Pby.  Carlisle,  p.  Gettysburg,  Pa.,  '69-72;  rec.  Pby.  Osage,  Apr.  9,  '73,  fr.  Pby. 
Platte;  p.  Warrensburg,  '73-75;  sup.  Centerview,  '74-76;  dism.  Sep.  II,  77  to 
Pby.  Crawfordsville. 

WILLIAM  JAMES  LEE,  grad.  Marietta,  '62;  Lieut.,  116th  Ohio  Inf.; 
grad.  Lane  T.  Sem.,  '68;  sup.  Greencastle,  Ind.;  rec.  Pby.  Osage,  Apr.  9,  73,  fr. 
Pby.  Indianapolis;  p.  Holden,  Oct.  18,  '73-Nov.  7,  '82;  dism.  Sep.  29,  "86  to  Pby. 
St.  Louis;  D.  D.,  Marietta,  '87. 

JOHN  BACON  VAWTER,  b.  May  26,  '36,  Franklin,  Ind. ;  grad.  Hanover, 
'59  Western,  '62;  Lie.  Apr.  13,  '62,  Pby.  Indianapolis;  Ord.  '63,  Pby.  Dubuque; 
p.  Prairie  and  Buncomb,  la.,  '63-67 ;  Okamaw,  Minn.,  '67-68 ;  rec.  Pby.  Osage, 
Apr.  9,  '73,  fr.  Pby.  Neosho;  sup.  Freeman;  dism.  Sep.  9,  '74,  to  Pby.  Ozark. 

HORACE  CARTER  HOVEY,  b.  Jan.  28,  "33,  Fountain  Co.,  Ind. ;  s.  Edmund 
Otis  Hovey  and  Mary  Carter;  grad.  Wabash,  '53;  Lane,  '57;  lie.  July  '57,  Pby. 
Crawfordsville;  ord.  Apr.  10,  '58,  Pby.  Madison;  sup.  [Madison  and  Vevay,  Ind., 
'57-59;  Coldwater,  Mich..  '60-62;  at  the  same  time  dist.  sec.  for  the  Northwest 
of  the  Am.  &  Foreign  Christian  Union ;  Florence,  Mass.,  '62-66 ;  U.  S.  Christian 
Commission,  '64-65 ;  p.  New  Albany  2d,  Ind.,  '66-69 ;  Fulton  St.,  Peoria,  '69-73 ; 
rec.  Pby.  Osage,  July  15,  '73,  fr.  Pby.  Peoria;  p.  e.,  Kansas  City  1st,  73-75; 
dism.  Apr.  12,  '76  to  Pby.  Westchester;  A.  M.,  D.  D..  F.  G.  S.  A.,  etc.;  m. 
Nov.  18,  '57,  Helen  L.  Blatchley,  New  Haven,  Ct. 

1874 

HARTMANN  STAUSS,  b.  Asmushausen,  Germany;  educ.  Dubuque;  lie.  '72, 
Pby.  Wisconsin  River;  ord.  Apr.  15,  '74,  Pby.  Osage;  sup.  Lions,  111.,  New  Frank- 
fort, Mo.;  dism.  Apr.  13,  76,  to  Pby.  St.  Louis. 

WILLIAM  GEORGE  KEADY,  b.  Feb.  25,  '33,  Baltimore,  Md. ;  s.  Wm.  and 
Isabella;  grad.  .Jefferson,  '56;  theol.  priv.;  tea.  Tenn.,  '57,  in  Miss.,  '58-70;  lie. 
Apr.  10,  '72,  Pby.  Springfield;  ord.  Oct.  25,  '72,  do.;  p.  Williamsville  and  Daw- 
son, 111.,  '72-73;  rec  Pby;  Osage,  Apr.  15,  '74,  fr.  Pby.  Springfi'eld;  sup.  Jeffer- 
son City,  '73-75;  dism.  to  Pby.  Platte,  Oct.  15,  '75;  studied  law;  lost  right  arm 
at  Vieksburg. 


MINISTERS.  57 

JAMES  F,  BRUXER,  b.  Apr.  19,  '22,  Vincennes,  Ind.,  s.  John  Brunei-  and 
Eliz.  Dunnica;  stud.  Hanover,  G  yrs. ;  stud.  New  Albany  T.  Sem. ;  grad.  medi- 
cine, Louisville  Med.  Coll.,  '43;  St.  Louis  Med.  C,  '48;  ^jracticed  med.  at  Bruns- 
wick, Weston  and  St.  Joseph,  Mo. ;  princ.  Fern.  Acad.,  Independence,  Mo.,  '50-58 ; 
V.  P.  of  Pleasant  Ridge  Coll.,  Mo.,  '58-60,  and  there  preached  every  Sabbath, 
while  a  Ruling  Elder  in  the  church;  pres.  Grandview  Coll.  Mo.,  'GO-62;  surgeon 
in  U.  S.  Army,  7th  Mo.  Cavalry,  '62,  called  "the  preaching  surgeon;"  surgeon  in 
Gren.  Hospital,  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  '63-65;  lie.  Apr.  16,  '74,  Pby.  Osage;  ord.  Apr. 
17,  75,  ib. ;  sup.  Malta  Bend  and  Salt  Springs,  "74-77;  dism.  Apr.  10,  '78,  to 
Pby.  Trinity;  sup.  Terrell  and  Lawrenceville,  Tex.;  Chillicothe  3d,  0;  readm. 
Pby.  Osage,  Sep.  11,  '84,  fr.  Pby.  Trinity;  redism.  Dec.  17,  '89,  to  Pby.  Omaha; 
m.  Oct.  17,  '44,  Mary  W.  Fulton,  Brunswick,  Mo.;  m.  2d  Oct.  23,  '93,  Jessie  A. 
Van  Doren,  Washington,  D.  C. 

REUEL  DODD,  b.  Dec.  3,  '37,  Licking,  0. ;  grad.  Wittemberg,  '66 ;  s.  stud. 
Western,  '66-68,  Danville,  '68-69;  lie.  May,  '68,  Pby.  Rickland;  ord.  Apr.  22,  "69, 
Pby.  Fairfield;  p.  Bloomfield,  la.,  '69-71;  Macon  City,  Mo.,  "71-74;  rec.  Pby. 
Osage,  Sep.  9,  '74,  fr.  Pbv.  Palmyra;  p.  Clinton,  '74-78;  dism.  ad  interim,  '78;  m. 
May  19,  '69,  Abbie  Welch. 

JAMES  FRANCIS  WATKINS,  b.  July  13,  '43  Point  Pleasant,  W.  Va.;  s. 
Henderson  Watkins  and  Rose  Anna  Capehart;  stud.  Westminster,  '68-70;  thaol. 
priv.  under  N.  L.  Rice,  D.  D.;  lie.  Apr.  18,  "70,  Pby.  Lafayette  (D.  &  T.)  ;  ord. 
Apr.  7,  '71,  ib. ;  sup.  Clinton,  Brownington,  Bolivar  and  Papinsville,  to  '74;  rec. 
Pby.  Osage,  Sep.  9,  '74,  fr.  Pby.  Lafayette;  sup.  Brownington  and  Osceola,  '74- 
75;  dism.  Sep.  14,  '75,  to  Pby.  Austin;  readm.  Apr.  9,  '79,  fr.  Pby.  Trinity;  sup. 
Montrose,  '79-82;  p.  Osceola  and  Brownington,  "82-86;  p.  Rich  Hill,  '86-87;  dism. 
Apr.  11,  '88  to  Pby.  St.  Louis;  sup.  DeSoto,  Mo.;  readm.  Sep.  23,  '90,  fr.  Pby.  St. 
Louis;  sup.  Jefferson  Citv,  '90-94;  Butler.  "95-97;  Pastor-at-Large  since  '97;  m. 
Jan.  1,  '73,  Ellen  G.  Lilley,  Osceola,  Mo. 

1875 

JASPER  V.  A.  WOODS,  b.  1804,  Abingdon,  Va.;  edue.  Maryville,  Tenn.; 
ord.  ab.  '36;  Miss'y  in  Ind.,  la.,  Kan.  and  Mo.;  rec.  Pby.  Osage,  Apr.  16,  '75,  fr. 
U.  P.  Pby.  Western  Mo.:  sup.  Greenwood;  d.  Mar.  7,  '91,  Greenwood,  Mo.;  M.  D. 

JAMES  S.  POAGE,  b.  July  13,  '21,  Brown  Co.,  0.;  s.  Robert  Poage  and 
Sarah  Kirker;  grad.  Ripley,  '42;  stud,  theol.  at  Lane  and  priv.;  merch't  '66-74; 
lie.  Oct.  12,  '45,  Free  Fresb'n  Pby.  Ripley;  ord.  May  "46,  ib. ;  p.  Felicity,  O.  sup. 
West  Alexander,  Pa.:  Aledo,  111.;  rec.  Pby.  Osage,  Sep.  15,  '75,  fr.  Central  West 
Cong'l  Ass'n  of  Illinois;  sup.  Centerview,  '75-86;  dism.  Apr.  11,  '88,  to  Pby.  St. 
Louis;  chaplain  17th  111.  Inf.,  U.  S.  Army;  m.  '46.  Anna  Voris,  Marietta,  0.; 
m.  2d,  '49,  Susan  L.  Evans,  Ripley,  O. ;  d.  Aug.  22,  '98. 

(CHARLES)  FREDERICK  (WILLIAM)  (VANDER)  LIPPE,  b.  Sep.  11, 
'85,  Maltz,  Silesia.  Prussia ;  grad.  Elizabeth  Gymnasium.  Breslau.  '52 ;  stud. 
Danville,  "64-66,  Princeton,  '66-67:  lie.  '66,  Pby.  Transylvania:  ord.  Sep.  16,  '67, 
Pby.  St.  Louis;  sup.  Salem,  Mo.,  '67-75;  rec.  Pby.  Osage,  Sep.  15,  '75,  fr,  Pby. 
St.  Louis;  sup  New  Frankfort,  '75-77;  dism.  Sep.  10,  '79  to  Pby.  Schuyler. 

ANTHONY  WAYNE  COLVER,  b.  Jan.  23,  '44,  East  Liberty,  O. ;  s.  Burrill 
M.  Colver  and  Mary  Lane;  grad.  Washington  and  Jefferson,  '6*6:  stud.  North- 
western, '69,  and  post  grad.;  lie.  Apr.  '69,  Pby.  Chicago;  ord.  Oct.  '71,  Pby.  Otta- 
wa; sup.  Spring  Valley,  Au  Sable  Grove,  and  Plate,  111.,  Hopkinsville,  Ky.;  rec. 
Pby.  Osage,  Oct.  16,  '75,  fr.  Pby.  Louisville;  sup.  Kansas  City  1st,  '75-77; 
Pleasant  Hill,  '77-78:  dism.  Oct.* '78,  to  Pby.  Iowa;  m.  Oct.  25." '71,  Eliza  M. 
Hutchinson,  Spring  Valley,  111. 

1876 

LYCURGUS  RAILSBACK,  b.  Deo.  14,  '34,  Richmond,  Ind.;  grad.  Wabash, 
'62  Lane,  '67;  lie.  Pbv.  Cincinnati;  chaplain,  U.  S.  Army:  ord.  '64;  Penn  Mis- 
sion, Concinnati,  '67-68;  chaplain  Five  Points  House  of  Industry,  N.  Y.  City, 


58  CHEOXOLOGICAL  REGISTEE. 

'68-70,  where  he  began  the  first  Christian  work  for  the  Cliinese  in  the  U.  S. ; 
Missy  in  Iowa,  70-71;  sup.  Juneau;  Wis.,  '71-75:  ree.  Phy.  Osage,  Sep.  13,  '76, 
fr.  Pby.  Winnebago:  sup.  Kansas  City  3d.  '75-83;  evangelistic  work,  "83-95; 
Pastor,  at-hirge,  "95-97  :  ra.  Sep.  27,  '(50,  Eliz.  J.  Binford,  Thronton,  Ind. ;  d.  Aug. 
5,  '97,  Shreveport,  La. 

FAREL  HART,  rec.Pby.  Osage,  Sep.  13,  '76,  as  lic't,  fr.  Pby.  Chicago;  ord. 
Dec.  5,  '76,  Pby.  Osage;  sup.  Warrensburg,  '76;  dism.  Sep.  11,  '77,  to  Pby.  Kala- 
mazoo; he  and  his  bride  went  down  in  the  "Alpena"  wreck,  bodies  never  re- 
covered. 

1877 

WILLIAM  M.  REED.  b.  ab.  1813;  stud.  Jefferson  Coll.:  theol.  priv.  under 
Dr.  Morton:  tea.  in  the  South  and  in  Mo.:  lie.  Pby.  Redstone;  ord.  ab.  1830, 
Classis  of  St.  Joseph;  sup.  a  Reformed  Church  in  Iowa;  joined  the  Mauniee 
Pby.  '58;  rec.  Pby.  Osage,  Apr.  12,  "77,  fr.  Pby.  Platte;  sup.  Schell  City,  '77-78; 
H.  R.  for  many  years;  m.  twice;  d.  Schell  City,  Mo.,  Mar.  2-t,  '99. 

HENRY  M.  SHOCKLEY,  b.  Dover,  Del.;  grad.  Miami,  '55;  Northwestern, 
'57;  lie.  Pby.  Oxford,  '57;  ord.  '59,  Pby.  Whitewater;  p.  Cambridge  City,  Ind., 
'59-62 :  princ.  Pub.  Sch.,  Newcastle,  Ind.,  '63-69 ;  sup.  Connersville,  Ind.,  '08-69 ; 
p.  Belle  Center  and  Huntsville,  0.,  '70-71 ;  rec.  Pby.  Osage,  Apr.  12,  '77,  fr.  Pby. 
Bellefontaine ;  p.  Sedalia  1st,  '76-80;  dism.  Sep.  14,  "81  to  Pby.  Earned. 

RICHARD  H.  JACKSON,  b.  Jan.  24,  "29,  Westmoreland  Co.,  Pa. ;  s.  John 
M.  Jackson  and  Sarah  Sterling;  grad.  Jefferson,  '55:  Western,  '00;  princ.  A.cad., 
St.  Francisville,  Mo.,  '55-56;  tea.  Hamilton,  111.,  "56-57;  lie.  Jan.  4,  '60,  Pby. 
Blairsville;  ord.  Dec.  6,  '61,  Pby.  Ft.  Wayne;  sup.  Ebenezer,  Pa.,  '60;  Bluffton 
and  Murray,  '60-05;  pres.  Lebanon  Pres'n  Acad.,  '65-67;  sup.  Gettysburg  and 
Covington,  "67-68,  and  tea.  at  Gettysburg;  princ.  Bloomingburg  Acad.,  0.,  and 
sup.  Mt.  Sterling  ch.,  '68-70;  supt'.  schools,  Atchison,  Kan.,  '70-76;  rec.  Pby. 
Osage,  Oct.  2,  '77,  fr.  Pby.  Highland;  sup.  Westfield,  '77-91,  and  kept  an  acad. 
there;  also  sup.  Appleto'n  City,  "77-82;  and  Deepwater,  "86-90;  dism.  Sep.  16, 
'91,  to  Pby.  St.  Louis;  sup.  Jonesboro,  and  Kidge  Station,  Ark.,  '91-95;  readm. 
Pby.  Kan.  C"y,  Apr.  25,  '95,  fr.  Pby.  St.  Louis;  sup.  Creighton,  '95-96;  Tipton, 
'96'-97;  dism.' Apr.  12,  "99  to  Pby.  Los  Angeles;  A.  M.,  Jefferson,  '58;  m.  IMary 
Sanders  Kerr,  Dec.  27,  '60. 

1878 

SAMUEL  BOOKSTxWER  BELL,  b.  Montgomery,  N.  Y. ;  s.  Archibald  Bell 
and  Pamelia  :\Iillspaugh ;  stud.  Montgomery  Acad.,  N.  Y.  City  and  Brooklyn ; 
adm'd  to  bar;  theol.  priv.;  teacher,  politician  and  editor;  lie.  '52,  Pby. 
Onondaga;  ord.  '52,  do.;  sent  by  A.  H.  il.  S.  to  California.  "52;  p.  Oakland,  Cal., 
'53-63;  Central  ch.,  N.  Y.  City,  '64-66;  p.  Lyons  1st,  '66;  sup.  Hillsdale,  Mich., 
'73;  chap.  Washington  Coll.,  Cal.;  sup.  1st  Cong,  ch.,  Mansfield,  0.,  '76;  rec. 
Pby.  Osage,  Apr.  9^,  '78,  fr.  Pby.  INlonroe;  p.  Kansas  City  1st.,  '77-82;  editor  of 
the  :Mid-Continent,  etc.;  H.  R.,  '89;  D.  D.,  Ingraham  Univ.;  founder  of  Univ.  of 
Cal. :  m.  '45,  Sophia  Brown  Walsworth,  Montgomery,  N.  Y.;  d.  Dec.  27,  '97,  San- 
ta Barbara,  Cal. 

F.  C.  SWARTZ,  rec.  Pby.  Osage,  Apr.  10,  '78,  fr.  Pby.  Nebraska;  sup.  New 
Frankfort;  dism.  Apr.  8,  '79. 

CHARLES  FUELLER,  b.  Mar.  19,  '36,  Steinschoenau,  Bohemia;  grad. 
Westminster,  '61  ;  Princeton,  '64;  ord.  Aug.  27,  '05,  Pby.  Palmyra;  sup.  Hanni- 
bal, Mo.,  '64-68;  jMexico,  '68-72;  Oxford,  0.,  '72-73;  Hillsboro,  111.,  '74-77;  rec. 
Pby.  Osage,  Apr.  10,  '78,  fr.  Pby.  Alton;  p.  Warrensburg,  "77-83;  dism.  Sep.  12, 
'83,  to  Pby.  Pueblo;  m.  Nov.  15,  '66,  Annie  R.  McElroy,  Hannibal,  Mo. 

CHARLES  PHILANDER  BLAYNEY,  b.  Nov.  21,  '48,  Wlieeling,  W.  Va.;  s. 
Vincent  M.  Blayney  and  ^Mary  Donahey;  grad.  Washington  and  Jefferson,  '69; 


MINISTERS.  59 

Western.  78:  in  business,  "(iO-To :  lie.  Sep.  20.  77,  Pby.  Washington;  oid.  Dee. 
5,  78.  Pbv.  Osage;  sup.  Wadesburg  and  Austin,  78-84;  Rayniore,  '84-85;  disiu. 
Apr.  18.  'SO,  to  Pby.  Platte;  lu.  Oct.  4,  '81,  Maggie  S.  Wallis,  Creighton,  Mo. 

1879 

JOSEPH  PLATT,  b.  May  8,  1810,  Londonderry,  Ireland;  grad.  Center,  "34; 
Princeton,  '39;  tea.  '34-3Ci ;  ord.  Dec.  10,  '40,  Pby.  Transylvania;  sup.  Westches- 
ter, Ky.,  '40-55;  La  Grange,  Tenn.;  Shiloli,  Paris.  Palestine,  West  Urbana,  111.; 
Indiana,  '55-50;  Farmington,  '57-5'J;  Camp  Creek,  '(;0-02;  Pittsfield,  '02-04; 
Lenox  and  Shiloh,  '04-(i0 ;  Virginia,  '07;  Franklinton,  N.  C,  '08-70;  Sugar  Creek 
and  Kirkland.  Ind.,  '70-73;  Rock  Creek,  73-74;  Bardolph,  '74-78;  rec.  Pby. 
Osage,  Apr.  8,  '79.  fr.  Pby.  Schuyler;  H.  R. 

ALEXANDER  THOMAS  ROBERTSON,  b.  Sep.  14,  '49,  Waynesburg,  O.; 
W.  L^,  '77;  stud.  San  Francisco,  '75-77;  Western,  '77-78;  tea.;  lie.  Apr.  20,  '77, 
San  Francisco  Pby.;  ord.  Sep.  11,  '79,  -Pby.  Osage;  had  been  Mis'y  to  Chinese; 
sup.  Olivet  ch.,  San  Francisco,  '70;  Londonville,  '78-79;  sup.  Greenwood,  Pleas- 
ant Hill  and  Raymore,  79-82;  dism.  Oct.  12,  "82;  d.  Sep.  21,  '94,  Iberia,  O. 

LAFAYETTE  DUDLEY  {usually  written  L.  F.  Dudley)  b.  July  2,  '25, 
Bath.  N.  Y. ;  grad.  Amherst,  '51;  Union,  '54;  tea.  Davenport,  la.,  Bath,  N.  Y., 
Cornwall,  Vt. ;  lie.  '54,  Pby.  N.  Y.;  ord.  Feb.  8,  '57,  Pby.  Cedar  Rapids;  sup. 
Genessee,  N.  Y. ;  p.  Cedar  Rapids,  la.,  '50-59;  sup.  Atalissa, '59-01 ;  ev.  Vt.  05-70; 
rec.  Pbv.  Osage,  Apr.  9,  '79,  fr.  Pby.  Westchester ;  sup.  Freeman,  Sliaron  and 
Bethel. ''78-80;  dism.  Apr.  13,  '81  to' Pby.  Emporia. 

CHARLES  COTTON  KHIBALL,  b.  May  20,  '34,  Newport,  N.  H.;  grad. 
Beloit.  59;  Union,  '(52;  ord.  Sep.  11,  '03,  3d'^Pby.  N.  Y.;  sup.  New  Hartford, 
N.  Y.,  '03-04;  Leroy,  '04-07;  p.  Erie.  Pa.,  1st  ch.. '07-71  and  Central  ch.,  '71-78; 
rec.  Pby.  Osage,  Apr.  8,  '79,  fr.  Pby.  Erie;  p.  Kansas  City  2d,  '79-81,  ev..,  Boston, 
Mass..  '81-83:  dism.  Sep.  10,  '84,  to  Bennington  Cong'l  Ass'n,  Vt.;  D.  D.,  Beloit, 
78. 

DAVID  L.  LANDER,  b.  July  23,  '52,  Bourbon  Co.,  Ky. ;  Joseph  A.  Lander 
and  Catliarine  Robnett ;  stud.  Center:  theol.  priv. ;  princ.  Pub.  Sch.,  Neosho,  Mo. ; 
lie.  Apr.  29.  75,  Pbv.  Ozark;  ord.  Mar.  29,  '70,  lb.;  sup.  Neosho,  Westminster 
and  Granby,  Mo.,  '70-79;  rec.  Pby.  Osage,  Oct.  17,  '79,  fr.  Pby.  Ozark;  p.  Malta 
Bend  and  Salt  Springs,  '79-84;  dism.  fall,  '84,  to  Pbv.  Emporia;  sup.  chs.  in 
Kan..  Cal..  Tenn.,  N.  C. ;  readm.  Pbv.  Kan.  C'v,  Apr.  12,  "99,  fr.  Pbv.  Holston; 
sup.  Malta  Bend  and  Salt  Springs,  "98-99;  disni.  Aug.  24,  1900,  to  Pby.  St.  Johns 
(U.  S.)  ;  Stated  Clerk  of  Osage  Pby.;  A.  M.,  Center  C:  m.  Nov.  1,  77,  Ella  M. 
Allin,  Carthage,  Mo. 

1880 

JOSfAH  :M00RE,  b.  Sei).  18,  '33,  Balybay,  Ireland;  s.  Chas.  Moore  and 
Hannah  Rogers;  stud.  Westminster,  Pa.,  '55-00  and  grad.  Monmouth,  111.,  '05; 
U.  P.  T.  Sem.  Monmouth,  '07;  Capt.  Co.  F.,  17th  111.  Vol.  Inf..  ;G1-04;  Major, 
U.  S.  v.;  lie.  by  U.  P.  Pby.  :\Ionmouth,  Apr.  4,  00;  ord.  O.  S.  Pby.  Peoria,  May 
11,  T>9;  sup.  El  Paso,  111.',  '07;  :Macon,  '07-08;  Canton,  '08-73;  :M'acomb,  73-79; 
rec.  I'by.  Osage,  Apr.  14.  '80,  fr.  Pby.  Schuyler;  sup.  Clinton,  '79-81;  dism.  Apr. 
13,  '81,  to  Pby.  Rock  River;  m.  July  1,  '(i4,  Jennie  E.  Lindsay,  Peoria,  111. 

JOSIAII  THOMPSON,  b.  Aug.  24.  "20,  Canonsburg,  Pa.;  s.  Allen  Thomp- 
son and  Martha  Lindsey;  grad.  Jetl'erson,  '45;  stud.  Western,  '45-47;  one  yr. 
priv.  stud,  under  Rev.  F.  A.  Hutchison;  lie.  Oct.  21,  '50,  Assoc.  Pby.  Chartiers; 
ord.  Jan.  14.  "58.  i"o:  sup.  Clinton.  Pa.:  (Assoc,  ch)  :  Centerview,  Mo.  (U.  P.  ch), 
'07-73;  Four  :Mile,  Pa..  74-78;  Mulberry,  :\Io.,  78-79;  rec.  Pby.  Osage.  Apr.  14, 
'80,  fr.  U.  P.  Pby.  Western  Mo.;  sup.  Sharon,  Freeman,  Raymore,  Greenwood, 
Olive  Branch.  Austin.  Knob  Noster,  Salem.  Lone  Oak  and  other  chs.  in  Osage 
Pbv.:  II.  R.;  D.  D.,  W.  &  J.  '97;  m.  Oct.  14.  '47,  Eliz.  G.  George,  Washington 
Co.".  Pa. 


60  CHEOXOLOGICAL  EEGISTEK. 

GEORGE  ARNOT  BEATTIE,  b.  Jan.  3,  '43,  Hebron,  N.  Y. ;  grad.  Union, 
■"63;  stud.  U.  P.,  sem.  Xenia,  O.,  and  Princeton,  "67;  teacher;  U.  S.  Army;  lie.  by 
1st  Ohio  U.  P.,  Pby.,  '65;  ord.  May  4,  '68,  Pby.  Dayton;  sup.  New  Carlisle,  O., 
'67-71;  Muncie,  Ind..  '71-78;  2d  ch.,  Newark,  '79-80;  rec.  Pby.  Osage.  Sep.  14, 
'80,  fr.  Pby.  Zanesville;  p.  Sedalia.  '80-86;  pres.  Sedalia  Univ..  "82-84;  disin. 
Sep.  29,  '86. 

THOMAS  HOOR  ALLIN,  lie.  Sep.  29,  '76,  Pby.  Ozark,  ord.  Mch.  30,  '77,  ib.; 
sup..  Grace  Center,  Preston  and  Medoc,  Mo.,  rec.  Pby.  Osage  Sep.  15,  '80,  fr.  Pby. 
Ozark;  sup.  Knob  Noster  and  Salem;  dism.  Sep.  13,  '82,  to  Pby.  Kingston;  d. 
Mar.  12,  '89,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  aged  09. 

1882 

WILLIAM  H.  ROGERS,  b.  Oct.  26,  1808,  Greenfield,  0.;  grad.  Miami,  '35: 
theol.  priv.  under  Dr.  Caruthers  of  Greenfield;  lie.  Sep.  11,  '37,  Pby.  Chillicothe; 
ord.  May  16,  '38 ;  preached  49  yrs.  in  H.  ]M.  ehs.  in  Ohio,  Ind.  and  111. ;  rec.  Pby. 
Osage,  Apr.  12,  '82;  sup.  Greenwood,  also  Missions  in  Kansas  City;  chaplain 
69th  0.  V.  I.  the  last  two  and  a  half  years  of  Civil  War;  A.  M.;  d.  Aug.  31,  80, 
Kansas  City,  Mo. 

WILLIAM  A.  CRAVENS,  b.  Feb.  15,  "52,  Hanover,  Ind.;  s.  John  C.  Cra- 
vens and  Nancy  Manaugh;  grad.  Hanover,  '75;  Danville,  "78;  lie.  Apr.  27,  '77, 
Pby.  Transylvania;  ord.  Apr.  1,  '79,  Pby.  Ozark:  sup.  Salem,  Shiloh,  Medoc,  and 
Pleasant  vkllev.  '78-82;  rec.  Pby.  Osage.  Apr.  12,  '82,  fr.  Pby.  Ozark;  sup.  Knob 
Noster  and  Salem,  '82-85;  disni.  Apr.  15,  '85,  to  Pby.  Platte;  A.  M.,  Hanover, 
'89;  m.  Mar.  7,  '78,  Mrs.  Sallie  A.  Farrand,  Danville, 'Ky. 

CHARLES  LEMUEL  THOMPSON,  b.  Aug.  18,  '39.  Cooperstown.  Pa.;  grad. 
Carroll,  ',58;  stud.  Princeton,  '58-60,  Northwestern.  '60-01 ;  ord.  July  7,  '61,  Pby. 
Winnebago;  sup.  Juneau,  Wis.,  '61-02;  Zanesville,  "62-07;  1st  ch.  Cincinnati,  0., 
'67-72;  ed.  Our  Monthlv.  '70-71;  p.  5th  Ch.  Chicago,  '72-78;  ed.  Interior,  '75-78; 
p.  3d  ch.  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  '79-82;  rec.  Pby.  Osage,  Dec.  15,  '82,  fr.  Pby.  Pitts- 
burgh; p.  Kansas  City  2d,  '82-88;  dism.  July  31.  '88,  to  Pby.  N.  Y.;  Mod.  Cen- 
tennial General  Assembly,  '88;  D.  D.,  IMonmouth  '76. 

1883 

DAVID  SCHLEY  SCHAFF,  b.  Oct.  17,  '52,  Mercersburg,  Pa.;  s.  Rev.  Dr. 
Philip  Schaflf  and  Mary  Schley;  grad.  Yale,  '73;  Union,  '76;  post  grad.  in  Ger- 
many; ord.  Oct.  28,  '77,  Pbv.  Kearnev;  sup.  East  Baltimore.  Md.,"76  p. Hastings, 
Neb!,  '77-81;  edit'l  work,  N.  Y.  Citv.  "81-83;  rec.  Pby.  Osage.  Ai\n:  11,  "83,  fr. 
Pby.  Hastings;  p.  Kansas  City  Ist.i  '83-88;  dism.  Jiine  7,  '90;  D.  D.,  Illinois 
Coil. ;  m.  Miss  Piatt,  Kansas  City. 

WILLIAM  ROSSMAN  HENDERSON,  b.  Oct.  13,  '45,  New  Castle,  Ind.; 
s.  Wm.  Henderson  and  Martha  Sun  Paul ;  grad.  Princeton  C,  '67  ;  law  stud. ; 
stud.  Princeton  T.  S.,  '70-71,  grad.  McCormick,  "76;  lie.  INIar.  '75,  Pby.  Chicago; 
ord.  Apr.  13,  '76,  Pby.  Ottawa;  p.  Streator,  111.,  '75-76;  Danville  2d.  Ky..  '76-79; 
Harrodsburg.  Ky..  '80-82 ;  Glasgow  Ave..  St.  Louis,  "82-83  ;  rec.  Pby.  Osage,  June 
27,  '83  fr.  Pby.  St.  Louis;  sup.  Hohlen,  "83-85;  dism.  ad  interim,  "85,  to  Pby. 
Omaha;  D.  D.",  Center,  '91;  ni.  INFay  31,  '73.  Helen  M.  Van  Court,  Chicago. 

WILLIAM  G.  THOMAS,  b.  Sep.  21, '29.  Monroe  Co.,  Va.;  s.  Ricliard  Thomas 
and  Susanna  Sims;  grad.  Hanover  '60;  Northwest  '62;  post  grad.  Princeton 
'65-66;  lie.  spring  "61.  Pby.  Lngansport;  ord.  fall  '63.  Pby.  Saline;  sup.  Salem, 
111.,  '62-64.  also  Sandoval  and  Kinmundy,  '62-63,  and  Odin,  "(i3-64 ;  Lexington, 
Ind.  '64-65 ;  Stranger.  Lecompton,  Oskaloosa  and  Perry,  Kan.,  '66-67 ;  Water- 
ville  and  Washington,  Kan.,  '68:  ]\Iaryville,  Mo.;  Graham  and  Mound  City; 
IMinonk.  111.;  Normal,  111.:  Greenleaf,  Kan.;  4  yrs.  farming  in  Kan.;  rec.  Pby. 
Osage.  Sep.  12,  '83.  fr.  Pby.  Highland:  evangelist;  dism.  Mar.  24,  "87,  to  Pby. 
Topeka  ;  A.  ]\[..  Hanover;  m.  ]\Iav  15.  "62,  flattie  E.  Abcrnathv,  Knightstown, 
Ind. 


MINISTERS.  61 

ALBERT  B.  MARTIX,  lie.  Apr.  78,  Pby.  St.  Louis;  ord.  Pby.  St.  Louis; 
sup.  Union.  Mo..  "TO-TO:  Washington,  Mo..  79  82 :  rec.  Pby.  Osage,' Sep.  12,  '83, 
fr.  Pby.  St.  Louis:  p.  Appleton  City,  '83-87:  Kansas  City*3d,  '87-91;  dism.  Sep. 
10,  '91,  to  Pby.  Boulder;  m.  Oct.  11,  '77,  Mattie  Stapp,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

JA:MES  HAYS  ALLIX.  b.  Mar.  12,  '52,  Ketesville,  Mo.:  s.  Rev.  T.  H.  AUin 
and  Cath.  White  Hays:  stud.  Drury :  theol.  priv. :  lie.  Sep.  13.  '82.  Pby.  Ozark; 
ord.  Sep.  13,  "83,  Pby.  Osage;  sup.  Sehell  City,  Montrose  and  Providence;  dism. 
ad  interim,  '85;  to  Pby.  Transylvania. 

WILLIAM  H.  WIEMAX.  b.  California,  :Mo.;  stud.  Highland  Un.,  Park  C, 
grad.  Drurv,  "80:  Lane.  83:  lie.  June  27,  "83,  Pbv.  Osage;  ord.  Sep.  13.  '83,  ib.; 
p.  Rich  Hill,  '83-8(5;  dism.  Apr.  13,  '87.  to  Pby.  Highland:  m.  '82,  Alma  F. 
Morgan.  Irving,  Kan. 

1884 

JOHN  COLEMAN  TAYLOR,  b.  Feb.  28,  "33,  Benton,  N.  Y. ;  grad.  Union  C, 
'58;  stud.  Auburn.  "58-59,  L'nion,  "59-00.  Andover,  00-01;  lie.  May  '00,  Ontario 
Cong.  Ass'n:  ord.  Feb.  11.  '02,  Pby.  Rochester:  p.  Sweden  Center,  N.  Y.,  '02-65; 
sup.  Chattanooga,  Tenn.,  '05;  Corry.  Pa.,  "05-07:  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  '07;  p.  Groton, 
N.  Y.,  Cong'l  eh,  "07-71 :  Milwaukee.' Wis.,  "72-74:  p.  Cuba,  N.  Y'.,  Presbn,  '75-83; 
rec.  Pby.  Osage.  Apr.  9,  '84,  fr.  Pby.  Genessee  Valley;  sup.  Kansas  City  5th,  '83- 
80;  p.' Hill  Memorial  eh.,  Kansas  City,  '87-94;  sup.  El  Dorado  Springs  and 
Montrose,  "95-90:  m.  Sarah  J.  MeCarriek,  Plattsburg,  N.  Y.;  m.  2d  Sarah  Life, 
Rye,  N.  Y..  Feb.  22,  '75. 

WILSON  ASDALE,  b.  :Mar.  5,  '40,  Co.  Antrim,  Ireland :  grad.  Western  Un., 
Pa.,  73:  Western  T.  Sem.,  77;  lie.  Oct.  3,  76,  Pbv.  Pittsburgh;  ord.  Sep.  12,  77, 
Pby.  Platte;  p.  Gallatin.  Mo..  78-81:  Havs  Citv,  Kan.,  '81-82;  Fairfax,  Mo., 
'82-83:  rec.  Pbv.  Osage.  Apr.  9.  '84,  fr.  Pby.  Platte:  s.  s.  &  p.  Tipton,  '83-93; 
dism.  May  29,  '93  to  Pby.  Waterloo. 

FONTAINE  ROTHWELL  FARRAND.  b.  Dec.  24.  '58.  Danville.  Ky. :  grad. 
Center.  '78:  Western.  '83;  teacher:  law  student.  '78-79:  lie.  Apr.  "82.  Pby. 
Ozark:  ord.  Mav  8.  '83.  ib. ;  sup.  Joplin,  Mo.,  "83-84:  rec.  Pby.  Osage.  Apr.  9,  '84, 
fr.  Pby.  Ozark!  p.  Clinton,  "84-87;  dism.  Mar.  24,  '87,  to  Pby.  Palmyra;  m. 
Mamie  Jones. 

W'TLLIA:M  EDGAR  MACK,  b.  May  31,  '44,  Bowerstown,  0.:  grad.  Prince- 
ton C.  71:  Princeton  T.  S.,  '74;  lie.  '73.  Pby.  Steubenville;  ord.  Sep.  15,  "74, 
Pby.  Columbus:  p.  Revnoldsburg  and  Mifflin,  0.,  '74-77;  sup.  Barnesville,  77- 
80;  p.  Cedar  Falls  1st,  Ta.,  "81-84:  rec.  Pby.  Osage.  Apr.  9.  '84,  fr.  Pby.  Waterloo; 
p.  Kansas  City  3d.  "84-80 ;  dism.  Sep.  29,  '80,  to  Pbv.  Emporia ;  A.  M.,  Princeton, 
74. 

TORRENCE  S.  DOUGLASS,  rec.  Pby.  Osage,  Apr.  9,  "84,  fr.  Northern  Syn. 
of  Indiana  (Lutheran)  :  sup.  Rockville  and  Prosperity,  '85-89;  dism.  Apr.  10, 
'89,  to  Pl)y.  Sacramento. 

JAMES  GRANT  BRICE,  ord.  about  '45;  rec.  Pby.  Osage,  May  12,  '84,  fr. 
Cincinnati  Cong.  Assn.:  H.  R.:  d.  Jan.  5.  "89.  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  aged  89. 

WILLIAM  :\rCAUGHEY.  b.  Massilon,  0.;  grad.  Heidelberg,  0.,  '56;  Hei- 
delberg T.  S. ;  ord.  Jan.  14,  '57.  R.  D.  Classis  of  Tuscarawas:  sup.  R.  D.  chs. 
Navarre,  0.,  "57-60:  Akron,  '60-63 :  Greenville,  '64-74;  Miamisburg,  '75-81;  sup. 
Pbn.  eh.  Kingston,  Tenn..  "82-84:  rec.  Pby.  Osage,  Sep.  11.  "84,  fr.  Pby.  Dayton; 
pres.  Sedalia  Univ.,  "84-86;  dism.  Apr.  14,  '80,  to  Pby.  Bloomington. 

SAMUEL  H.  WELLER.  b.  Dayton,  O.:  grad.  Wittemberg,  O..  '58:  McCor- 
mick,  '61;  ord.  '62.  Pbv.  Chicago:  sup.  Rochelle,  111.;  Mcndota,  Lincoln,  Neb.; 
Morrison,  111.:  Clinton.' la.:  rec.  Pby.  Osage.  Oct.  22.  '84.  fr.  Pby.  Cedar  Rapids; 
pres.  K.  C.  Ladies'  College  at  Independence,  '84-85;  dism.  Sep.  29,  '80,  to  Pby. 
Los  Angeles;  A.  M.,  "61,  D.  D.,  75. 


62  CHEOXOLOGICAL  REGISTER. 

1885 

DWIGHT  KELLOGG  STEELE,  b.  June  22,  "30,  Walworth  Center,  N.  Y.;  s. 
Adna  Steele  and  Eliz.  Hinkley;  grad.  fnion  C.  '01;  theoL  priv.  imder  Dr.  L.  P. 
Hiekok:  lie.  June  25,  "02.  Pby.  Erie:  ord.  Sep.  15.  '65,  ib. ;  sup.  East  Green.  Pa., 
'63-67:  p. Willoughby.C. '67-^4:  Almond.  N.  Y..  '75-84;  ree.  Pby.  Osage.  Apr.  15, 
'85.  fr.  Pby.  Genessec  Valley:  sup.  Warrensburg,  '85-92;  disni.  Apr.  G,  '92,  to 
Pby.  Emporia  :  m.  Aug.  14,  'Gl,  Mary  E.  Mizener,  Youngsville,  Pa. 

LEWIS  I.  DEAKE.  b.  Aug.  7.  '20,  iNLadison.  0.;  s.  Jonathan  Drake  and 
Eliza  P.  ]\Iead:  grad.  Hanover,  "53.  New  Albany,  '55:  teacher;  lie.  Apr.  '55,  Pby. 
Cincinnati;  ord.  Dec.  '55,  Pbv.  Svdnev;  p.  West  Liberty.  0.,  '55-85;  rec.  Pby. 
Osage,  Sep.  23,  '85,  fr.  Pby.  Bellcfontaine:  p.  Holden,  '85-80:  dism.  Nov.  22,  '80, 
to  Pbv.  Neosho;  A.  M.,  D.  D..  Hanover.  '80:  m.  May  10.  '49,  Mary  A.  Gaston, 
Mt.  Pleasant,  O. 

JAMES  LAFFERTY,  b.  Feb.  10,  '39,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.;  grad.  Washington, 
'GO;  Princeton.  70;  lawyer,  '03-07.  Pittsburgh:  lie.  70,  Pby.  New  Brunswick; 
ord.  June  14.  '71,  Pbv.  Platte;  sup.  Weston  and  Platte  City,  Mo.,  '70;  p.  Oregon, 
Mo.,  '70-72:  sup.  Sandy  Lake,  Pa.,  '72-73;  Nichols,  N.  Y.,  '74-75;  Shelbyville, 
Mo.,  '77;  Nokomis  and  Raymond.  111..  '78-79;  Hardin  and  Belleview,  111.,  '79-80; 
Assumption  and  Moweagua.  '81-82;  Newton  and  Albany.  '84-85;  rec.  Pby. 
Osage.  Oct.  21,  '85.  fr.  Pbv.  Rock  River;  sup.  Malta  Bend  and  Salt  Springs; 
dism.  Mar.  24,  '87,  to  Pby.  Ozark;  LL.  B..  Harvard  Law  Sch.,  '02;  A.  M.,  Wash- 
ington. "03:  d.  Jan.  G,  "99,  Washington,  Mo. 

HENRY  ADDISON  NELSON,  b.  Oct.  31,  '20,  Amherst,  Mass.;  s.  Seth  Nel- 
son and  Sophia  Aspenwell ;  grad.  Hamilton,  "40 ;  Auburn,  '40 :  tea.  '40-43 ;  lie. 
'45,  Pby.  Cortlandt:  ord.  July  29,  '40,  Pbv.  Cayuga;  p.  Auburn  1st,  N.  Y..  '40- 
50;  p.' St.  Louis  1st,  Mo.,  '50-G8;  prof.'Syst.  &  Past.  Theol.,  Lane  T.  Sem., 
'68-74;  p.  Geneva  Ist,  N.  Y.,  '74-85;  rec.  Pby.  Osage,  Oct.  21,  '85,  fr.  Pby.  Geneva; 
sup.  Independence,  '85-88.  also  pres.  K.  C.  Ladies'  Coll.  at  Independence:  dism. 
Sep.  24.  '90.  to  Pbv.  Philadelphia :  Mod.  N.  S.  Gen.  Assembly,  '07  :  A.  :\I.,  Hamil- 
ton, '43 ;  D.  D.  do.'.  "57^  m.  Feb.  23,  '47,  Margaret  Mills,  Auburn,  N.  Y. 

OSCAR  WILLIAM  GAUSS,  b.  Mar.  20,  '42,  Glasgow,  Mo.;  s.  Chas.  W. 
Gauss  and  Louisa  Fallenstein;  grad.  Washington  L^niv.,  St.  Louis,  'G3;  M.  D., 
St.  Louis  Med.  Coll.,  '05,  Hospital  course  in  Germany;  i)]iysician,  Keytesville, 
Mo.;  ■69-70:  stud,  theol.  priv.  under  Dr.  N.  L.  Rice:  lie.  Feb.  '71,  Pby.  Missouri; 
ord.  July  '71,  Pby.  Potosi,  sup.  Jackson  and  Pleasant  Hill,  Cape  Girardeau  Co., 
Mo..  '71-72;  p.  Cape  Girardeau,  '73-75:  Boonville,  '75-84;  sup.  Memphis,  Mo., 
'84-85 ;  rec.  Pby.  Osage,  Dec.  '85,  fr.  Pby.  Palmyra ;  p.  Jefferson  City.  '85-89 ; 
chaplain  Mo.  State  Penitentiary,  '88-92:  dism.  Oct.  5,  "92,  to  Pbv.  Upper  Mo.; 
m.  Aug.  "09,  Esther  Gill,  St.  Loiiis,  Mo. 

1886 

JAMES  ED:\I0NS0N.  rec.  Pby.  Osage,  Apr.  14.  "86.  fr.  R.  D.  Classis  of 
Montgomery:  pres.  Sedalia  Univ.,  '86-88;  p.  Nevada,  '88-92;  dism.  June  15,  '92, 
to  Pby.  Cliippewa  :  Ph.  D. 

CHARLES  CARLETON  HEMBREE,  b.  Oct.  22,  '53,  Greenfield,  Mo.;  grad. 
Marvville.  '77:  L'nion.  'SO;  ord.  Aug.  7,  '81,  Pby.  Kingston:  sup.  Laurel  Hill, 
L.  J.'.  "80-81;  Washington,  Tenn.,  'S\;  Ash  Grove,  Mo.,  '82-83;  Akron.  Mo..  'S3; 
rec.  Pbv.  Osage,  Apr.  14.  '80,  fr.  Pby.  Platte;  sup.  Greenwood.  '86-87;  clerking 
in  K.  C..  'S7ff.:  dism.  Sep.  24,  '90,  to' Pby.  Chickasaw. 

1887 

OSCAR  GILCHRIST  ]\IORTON.  b.  -huie  29.  •,55.  Trenton,  Tenn.:  s.  .lobn 
V.  :Morton  and  Sallic  E.  Seat:  grad.  Vanderbit  l^niv..  '70;  stud.  U.  T.  Sem.,  Va  . 
78-79;  grad.  Lane.  "81  :  lie.  Apr.  25,  '80,  Pby.  Paducah  ( U.  S.)  :  ord.  Ma\'  10, 
'82.  Pin-.  Alton:  p.  ('hector.  111..  'S1-S4;  su]).  (Jrconville,  '8-1-87:  roc.  Pl)y.  Osage, 


MINISTERS.  68 

\pr.  13,  '87,  fr.  Pby.  Alton;  p.  Holden,   88-!)!  ;  di.siii.  Dec.  'J,  "!H,  to  ihy.  Xoith- 
mnberland;  ni.  Feb.  27,   84,  Mary  A.  Cooke,  Kansas  City,  >to. 

CHAELES  H.  BRUCE,  b.  July  10,  '52,  New  Sheffield,  Pa.:  s.  Abram  Bruce 
and  Christiana  Cooper:  jrrad.  Allerfhcnv  C..  T'.i :  stud.  Western.  '70-81:  lie.  Apr. 
14,  "80,  Pby.  Erie:  ord.  Oct.  IS,  '82,  Pby.  Council  Bluffs;  p.  .Menlo,  la.,  "81-84; 
Union  City,  Pa.,  '8.5-87:  rec.  Pby.  Osage,  Apr.  13,  '87.  fr.  Pby.  Erie;  p.  Kansas 
Citv,  5th, '"87-07:  dism.  Sep.  20.  "07,  to  Pby.  Northumberland;  D.  D.,  Allegheny 
C.,"'95:  m.  Xov.  30.  "82,  Alice  Whipple,  Maiden,  Mass.;  m.  2d  June  14,  '93,  Eliz. 
Graves,  Marble  Hill,  Mo. 

JOSEPH  CLEMEXTS.  b.  Oct.  2.  '40,  Walsall,  Eng. ;  s.  Thos.  Clements  and 
Sarah  TetleA';  edue.  Birmingham,  Eng.;  theol.  priv. ;  mfr.  saddlery,  Newark,  N. 
J..  "(J(!-71;  lie.  '73,  Cong.  Assn.,  N.  Y. ;  ord.  Dec.  3,  '73,  ib. ;  sup.  Westport,  N.  Y., 
(Cong.),  '73-74;  Pharsalia,  '74-79;  Marcelona,  '78-80:  Harbor  Springs.  Mich., 
(Pbn.),  '80-82;  Madisonville.  Tenn..  '83-SG :  Philadelphia,  Tenn. :  rec.  Pby. 
Osage,  Apr.  13.  '87.  fr.  Pby.  Kingston;  sup.  Schell  City  and  El  Dorado  Springs, 
'80-88 :  dism.  Dec'.  28,  "ss".  to  Pby-  Neosho ;  sup.  McCime.  Kan.,  "88-90 :  readm. 
Pby.  Kan.  Cy.,  Dec.  0,  '01.  fr.  Pby!  Neosho;  grad.  K.  C.  Med.  Coll..  "01  ;  physician, 
K.'C. ;  demitted  the  ministry,  Oct.  '00;  m.  .Ian.  '05,  Kezia  M.  Wheeley,  Wal-all, 
Eng. 

JOHN  HEKKON.  b.  July  10,  "51,  Harrison  Co.,  O. :  s.  Pvcv.  Dr.  Kobt.  Her- 
ron  and  Mary  E.  McMurray :  grad.  sc'c.  Washington  and  .Jeft'erson,  '09 ;  Prince- 
ton, '70;  lie.  Apr.  20,  '75.  Pby.  Steubenville ;  ord.  Nov.  8,  "70,  Pby.  Lake  Super- 
ior; sup.  Onotonagon.  ^lich.,  "70-77  :  p.  Atlantic.  Ja.,  "77-87  :  ree.  Pbv.  Osage.  Apr. 
13.  '87.  fr.  Pbv.  Council  Bluffs;  p.  Sedalia  1st.  '87-88,  do..  Broadway  ch.,  '88-90; 
dism.  Sep.  25*  '00:  il.  S..  W.  &  J.,  "04;  m.  June  20,  '77,  Mary  Agnes  Johnston, 
New  Hagarstown,  O. 

SA^tlUEL  MILLER  WARE,  b.  Apr.  20,  "52.  Richmond,  Ky.;  grad.  111.  Wes- 
levan  L^niv.,  '70;  stud.  Western,  '81-83,  Northwestern,  grad.  "84:  supt.  Pub. 
Seh.,  '79-81;  lie.  Apr.  10,  '83,  Pby.  Allegheny;  ord.  May  0,  '84,  Pby.  St.  Louis; 
sup.  Ferguson,  Mo.,  '83:  Somonauk,  111.,  '83-84:  p.  Ferguson,  Mo.,  '84-87:  rec. 
Pby.  Osage,  June  10.  "87,  fr.  Pby.  St.  Louis;  p.  Clinton,  '87-90;  dism,  July  5,  '90, 
to  Pby.  Omaha :  m.  Eoline  0.  Blazer. 

SAMUEL  COLUMBUS  (MARION)  BATES,  b,  July  10,  '02,  Cloverport, 
Ky, :  s.  Sam.  T.  Bates  and  Berilla  Noell ;  stud.  Park,  '77-82 :  grad.  Lane,  "85, 
post  grad.  Princeton.  '85-80;  lie.  Apr.  14,  'S5,  Pby.  Cincinnati:  ord.  Nov.  3,  "87, 
Pby.  Kan.  Cy. ;  sup.  Washington,  ]\Io..  '8()-87  :  Knob  Noster  and  Salem,  '87-88; 
dism.  July  3!  '88.  to  Pby.  Vincennes ;  Ph.  D.,  Wooster,  '04;  m.  Dec.  15,  '80,  Julia 
^L  Curry,  ^Monckport,  Ind. 

THOMAS  HOWELL  JONES,  b.  Mar.  31,  '30,  Co.  Cardigan,  S.  Wales;  s. 
Evan  .Tones  and  Eliz.  Howell:  educ.  Liverpool,  Eng.;  theol.  priv.:  lie.  '70,  Pby. 
Cambria  ;  ord.  June  0,  '75,  Calv.  Meth.  Syn.  of  Wise. ;  p.  Welsh  Pbn.  Chs..  Water- 
town  and  Ixonia,  Wis,;  p.  Pbn.  chs.  New  Cambria  and  Bevier.  Mo..  '82-84;  rec. 
Pby.  Kan.  Cy..  Sep.  28.  '87,  fr.  Pby.  Long  Creek.  la.;  p.  First  Welsh  Pbn.  Ch. 
Kansas  Cityj  "87-80 :  carpenter,  coach  dept.,  K,  C,  F.  S.  &  M.  Ry.  shops,  K.  C, 
Mo.,  'SOff. ;  'm.  Apr.  20,  '05.  in  Liverpool. 

HORACE  CLINTON  KEELITW  b.  Mar.  3,  '59,  Selin's  Grove.  Pa.;  grad. 
Western  Reserve.  "84:  I'nion,  '87:  lie.  A]n\  '87,  Pby.  N.  Y. :  ord.  Nov.  10.  '87, 
Pby.  Kan.  Cy. :  p.  Osceola.  '87-88,  and  sup.  Brownington;  dism.  Dec.  28.  '88,  to 
Pby.  Iowa  ;  m.  "Slay  11,  '87,  Jennie  E.  Woodward. 

1888 

SA:iIUEL  THOMPSON  :M"CLURE,  b.  Sep.  9.  "30.  Vincennes,  Ind.;  s.  Dan. 
McClure  and  Esther  Thompson;  grad.  Hanover.  '02:  Western,  '05;  lie.  '05,  Pby. 
Crawfordsville:  ord.  Aug.  30.  '(iS.  Pity.  Neosho:  sup.  Topeka,  Kan..  "05-00; 
Junction  Citv.  '(i(i-(!S :  Girard  and  Cherokee.  '08-77:  Carlisle.  "77-78;  Glenwood, 
Mo.,  "78-80:  Allerton,  la.,  "80-81  : -Milan.  111..  "S1-S2:  Lvons,  la..    82:   rec.  Pby. 


64  CHRONOLOGICAL  EEGISTEE. 

Kan.  CV.,  Apr.  11,  '88,  fr.  Pby.  Cedar  Eapids;  gen.  agt.  of  the  Mid-Continent; 
dism.  Apr.  6,  '93,  to  Pby.  Topeka;  A.  M.,  Hanover;  m.  Dee.  17,  73,  Miss  A.  M. 
Case,  C4irard,  Kan. 

ARCHIBALD  MACDOUGALL,  b.  Feb.  22,  '24:,  Campbelltown,  Scotland ;  s. 
Dugald  Macdougall  and  Margaret  Henderson:  grad.  Union  C,  '51;  stud.  Auburn 
'52-54:  lie.  June  '53,  Pby.  Ithaca;  ord.  Feb.  '54,  Pby.  Chenango;  p.  Sherburne, 
N.  Y.,  '54-60;  sup.  Dryden,  '60-07;  Blooniington  2d,  111.,  "67-70;  Grand  Pudge 
and  Polo:  ree.  Kan.  Cv.  Pby..  Apr.  11,  '88.  fr.  Pby.  Ottawa:  sup.  Rich  Hill, 
'87-88;  dism.  May  29,  '90,  to  Pby.  Chicago;  A.  M.,  Madison  Univ.,  '59;  m.  Sep. 
23,  '49,  Emily  E.  Walker,  Havana,  N.  Y. 

DUNCAN  ROSS  CROCKETT,  b.  July  20,  '43,  ^Middle  River,  N.  S. ;  s.  John 
Crockett  and  Anna  Ross;  stud.  Waynesburg,  Pa.;  grad.  Danville,  '76;  tea.  Can- 
ada, '63-71;  carpenter,  Boston,  '71-72;  lie.  Apr.,  9,  '75,  Pby.  Transylvania;  ord. 
Oct.  29,  '76,  Pby.  Austin;  p.  Laurence,  Tex.,  '76-78:  p.  Naugiwauk  and  Salt 
Springs,  New  Brunswick,  "79-83:  sup.  Laclede,  Mo.,  '83-84;  Salem,  Mo.,  '84-88; 
ree.  Pby.  K.  C,  Sep.  26,  '88,  fr.  Pby.  St.  Louis ;  p.  Greenwood,  '88-91 ;  sup  Lee's 
Summit,  '87;  Creighton,  '88-89;  Centerview  and  Knob  Noster,  '"90-91;  dism.  ad 
interim,  '91;  to  Pby.  Chickasaw:  m.  Mar.  10,  '86,  Ellen  Robertson,  Ardoice, 
Canada ;  d.  Nov.  3,  '92,  Greenwood,  Mo. 

WILLIAM  ]\L\RTYN  BAIRD,  b.  June  16,  '62,  Clark  Co.,  Ind.;  s,  John  M. 
Baird  and  Nancy  Faris;  grad.  Hanover,  '85;  McCormick,  '88;  lie.  May  '88,  Pby. 
New  Albany;  ord.  ib. ;  ree.  Pby.  Kan.  Cy.,  Sep.  26,  '88,  fr.  Pby.  New  Albany;  sup. 
Kansas  City  2d,  '88;  Osceola  and  Brownington,  '88-89;  dism.  Sep.  25,  "89  to 
Pby.  Pueblo;  A.  M.,  Hanover,  '89;  For.  Miss'y,  Korea,  '90ff.;  m.  Nov.  18,  '90, 
Annie  Laurie  Adams,  Topeka,  Kan. 

THOMAS  F.  BOYD,  ord.  Dec.  19,  '57  :  ree.  Pby.  Kan.  Cy.  Sep.  26,  'SB,  fr. 
Pby.  Des  ]\Ioines ;  sup.  Knob  Noster  and  Salem ;  dism.  Sep.  24,  '90. 

GEORGE  PRICE  HAYS,  b.  Feb.  2,  '38,  Canonsburg,  Pa.;  s.  John  Hays  and 
Orpha  Cornwell ;  grad.  Jefferson,  '57 ;  stud.  Western  '58-60 :  lie.  Apr.  "59,  Pby. 
Ohio:  ord.  Mar.  5,  '61,  Pby.  Baltimore;  p.  Baltimore  2d,  '61-68;  financial  agt. 
Wooster,  '68-69;  p.  Allegheny  2d,  '69-70;  pres.  W^ashington  and  Jefferson  Coll., 
'70-81 ;  also  sup.  Washington  2d,  Pa.,  '70-81 ;  p.  Central  ch.,  Denver,  Col.,  '81-85; 
p.  Cincinnati  2d,  O.,  '85-88 ;  ree.  Pby.  Kan.  Cy.,  Dec.  28,  '88,  fr.  Pby.  Cincin- 
nati: p.  Kansas  City  2d,  '88-93;  dism.  Oct.  17,  "94,  to  Pby.  Pittsburgh;  D.  D., 
Lafavette,  '71,  LL.  D.,  Hanover,  '87;  Moderator  of  Gen.  Assembly,  '84;  m.  Aug. 
1,  '00,  Eleanor  S.  W^herry;  d.  Sep.  6,  '97,  Washington,  Pa. 

1889 

GEORGE  PORTER  WILSON,  b.  Sep.  9,  '53,  MeClelantown,  Pa.;  grad. 
Washington  and  Jefferson,  '77  ;  Western,  '80;  lie.  Apr.  23,  '79,  Pby.  Washington; 
ord.  Oct.  14,  '80,  Pby.  Ebenezer;  p.  Lexington,  2d,  Ky.,  '80-84;  Lafayette  Park 
ch.,  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  "84-89;  ree.  Pby.  Kan.  Cy.,  Apr.  10,  '89,  fr.  Pby.  St.  Louis; 
p.  Kansas  City  1st,  '89-90;  dism.  Apr.  8,  '91,  to  Pby.  Philadelphia  Central; 
D.  D.,  W.  &  J.,  '89. 

SHERROD  WILLIAMS  GRIFFIN,  b.  Green  Co.,  Ky. ;  stud.  Columbia  Ky. ; 
theol.  priv. :  ord.  Oct.  '72,  Pby.  Neosho;  sup.  Montana,  Kan.,  '72-80;  Cherryvale, 
'80-86:  Central  ch.,  Kansas  City,  Kan.;  i-ec.  Pby.  Kan.  Cy.,  Apr.  11,  '89,  fr.  Pby. 
Topeka  ;  w.  c. ;  dism.  Mar.  3,  '90,  to  Pby.  Platte. 

WILLIAM  GILMORE  POLLOCK,  b.  Jan.  10,  '49,  Ohio  Co.,  W.  Va.;  s.  John 
N.  Pollock  and  IMaria  Gilmore;  grad.  Washington  and  Jefferson,  '78;  Western, 
'81:  tea.  "82-84;  lie.  .June  1,  "80,  Pbv.  Washington;  sup.  Wiekes,  Mont.,  '81;  Ft. 
Concho.  Tex.,  '81 :  Colton,  Cal.,  '85-80;  Monument,  Col.,  '87  ;  ree.  Pby.  Kan.  Cy.. 
June  24,  '89,  fr.  Pby.  Kearney;  sup.  Kansas  City  4th;  dism.  Sep.  16,  '91,  to  Pby. 
Los.  Angeles. 


MINISTERS.  65 

1890 

JOSEPH  :\L\YOU,  b.  Apr.  19,  '29,  Birmingliam,  Eiig.;  .?.  .James  Mayou  and 
Jemima  Stackhonse ;  grad.  Rutgers,  '55 ;  new  Brunswick,  '58 ;  lie.  June,  '58,  R. 
D.  Classis  of  Schoharie;  ord.  ib. ;  Miss'y  in  Arcot  Mission,  S.  India,  '58-71 ;  Home 
Miss'y,  R.  D.  Ch.,  Somerset,  Kan.,  '72-7G;  Presby.  ch..  La  Cygnc.  Kan.,  '7G-7S; 
Garnet,  '78-80;  Highland,  Kan.,  '80-85;  Troy,  '85-87;  Marysville,  '87-89;  rec. 
Pby.  Kan.  Cy.,  Apr.  10,  '90;  fr.  Pby.  Highland;  sup.  Appleton  City  and  Mont- 
rose, 89-91 :  Greenwood  and  Centerview.  '92-93:  dism.  Nov.  20,  '93  to  Diocese  of 
Kansas  (Episcopal)  ;  A.  M.,  Rutgers,  "58;  B.  D.,  Theol.  Coll.  Topeka,  "94;  m. 
Aug.  10,  '58,  Margaret  A.  Schultz.-iianiington,  N.  J. 

ARCHIBALD  MAC  LAREX,  b.  Mar.  5,  '52,  Lakeside,  Ont.;  grad.  Manitoba 
C,  '81;  stud.  Queen's  C,  '81-82;  Union  T.  Sem.,  '82-84;  ord.  .July  16,  '84,  Pby. 
Brandon  (Manitoba)  ;  Chater.  Man.,  '84-85;  Springfield,  Man.,  '85-87:  lecturer 
on  Ch.  Hist.,  Man.  Univ.,  '85-87  :  Goodland,  Kan.,  '87-88 :  rec.  Kan.  Cy.  Pby.,  Apr. 
"90 ;  sup.  Osceola  and  Vista,  '89-93 ;  Nevada,  '93-95 ;  dism.  Aug.  20,  '95,  to  Pby. 
Union. 

WESTON  F.  SHIELDS,  b.  Sep.  9,  '58,  Ebenezer,  Pa.:  s.  -James  G.  Shields 
and  Mary  Ann  IMiller :  Pa.  State  Normal  Sch.,  '85;  Western,  '90;  teacher;  lie. 
Apr.  10,  "89.  Pby.  Kittanning;  ord.  Apr.  30,  '90,  ib. ;  sup.  Litchfield  and  Ausley, 
Neb.,  '89;  rec.  >by.  Kan.  Cy..  Sep.  23,  "90,  fr.  Pby.  Kittanning;  p.  Sharon, 
'90-93,  also  sup.  Drexel,  '91-93;  dism.  Apr.  5,  '93.  to  Pby.  Kearney:  went  as 
Miss'y  to  Praa,  Laos,  Dec.  '93:  m.  Oct.  12.  "93,  Lillian  Hendrickson,  Bates  Co. 
Mo. 

GEORGE  B.  SPROULE,  grad.  Lane  T.  Sem.:  sup.-Plainville,  Kan.,  '80-90; 
rec.  Pby.  Kan.  Cy.,  Oct.  22,  '90,  fr.  Pby.  Osborne;  sup.  Creighton,  '90-91;  Apple- 
ton  City,  '92-93;  Deepwater  and  Brownington,  "93-97:  Sharon,  Drexel  and 
Fairview,  '98-1900:  m.  1900,  Drexel,  Mo. 

EDWARD  PAYSON  DUNLAP,  b.  Jan.  13.  'G3,  Monongahela,  Pa.;  grid. 
Wooster,  '87;  Princeton,  '90:  lie.  June  '90,  Pby.  Wooster;  ord.  Nov.  7,  90,  Pljy. 
Kan.  Cy.:  p.  Linwood  ch.,  Kansas  City,  '90-93;  dism.  Nov.-  20,  '93,  to  Pljy. 
Kearney;  m.  '93,  Miss  Swan,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

wIlLIAM  MELANCHTHON  POCOCK,  b.  Mar.  17,  '50,  Hayesville,  a.; 
grad.  Wooster,  '74:  Union,  '77:  ord.  Jxme  12,  '77,  Pby.  Wooster;  sup.  El  Dorado, 
Kan.,  '77-80 ;  p.  Waverly  and  Rock  Creek,  '80-90 ;  rec.  Pby.  Kan.  Cy.,  Dec.  9,  '90, 
fr.  Pby.  Emporia;  p.  Clinton,  '90-95;  invalid,  '95-9G;  dism.  Apr.  9,  '97,  to  Pby. 
Marion;  A.  M.,  '77. 

JOSEPH  ROSS  STEVENSON,  b.  Mar.  1,  '50,  Ligonier,  Pa.;  s.  Rev.  Dr. 
Ross  Stevenson  and  Martha  A.  Harbison ;  grad.  Washington  and  Jefferson,  '8G ; 
McCormick,  '89;  stud.  Univ.  Berlin,  '89-90,  and  summers  of  '94,  '95,  '96;  lie. 
Apr.  7,  '88,  Pby.  Chicago:  ord.  Dec.  31,  '90,  Pbj'.  Kan.  Cv. ;  p.  Broadway  ch., 
Sedalia,  '90-94:  prof.  Ch.  Hist.,  McCormick  T.  Sem.,  ■94flf.;'D.  D.,  W.  &  J.,  '97; 
m.  May  IG,  '99,  Florence  Day,  Indianapolis. 

ROLLIN  RUTHVEN  MARQUIS,  b.  Dec.  28,  '53,  Murray,  Ind.;  s.  Robert 
C.  Marquis  and  Martha  Riddle;  stud.  Hanover  C. :  grad.  W'ooster,  '80;  Western, 
'83;  farmer,  teacher,  merchant;  lie.  Apr.  5.  '82,  Pbv.  Wooster;  ord.  June  12,  '83, 
Pby.  Cleveland:  p.  Northfield,  0.,  '83-86;  inv.,  '8G-88:  sup.  Sedan,  Kan.,  '88-89; 
p.  Osage  City,  '89-91 ;  rec/»Pby.  Kan.  Cy.,  Apr.  7,  '91,  fr.  Pby.  Emporia;  p.  Cen- 
tral ch.,  Sedalia,  '91-97;  dism.  Apr.  10,  '98,  to  Pby.  Schuyler;  A.  M.,  Wooster, 
'83;  m.  May  8,  '83,  Clara  J.  McCormick,  Fredericksburg,  O.;  m.  2d,  Feb.  18,  '96, 
Ida  Irene  Shumaker,  Springfield,  Mo. 

FRANK  BATEMAN  EVERITT,  b.  Mar.  8,  'G6,  Stroudsburg,  Pa.;  grad. 
Princeton  C.  '86;  Princeton  T.  Sem.,  '90;  teacher:  ord.  May  9,  '90.  Pby.  Mon- 
mouth; rec.  Pby.  Kan.  Cv..  Apr.  9,  '91.  fr.  Pbv.  Monmouth;  «up.  Kansas  City 
4th,  '90-91  ;  dism.  Oct.  21.'  '91,  to  Pby.  New  Brunswick;  A,  M.,  Princeton,  '89. 

WILLIAM  EZRA  VOSS,  b.  Dec.  20,  '52,  Springville,  Ind.;  s.  Lorenzo  Dow 
Voss  and  Elvira  Wilson;  stud.  Park,  '75-81 ;  Danville,  '81-83;  grad.  McCormick, 


66  CHEOXOLOGICAL  KEGISTER. 

'84:  lie.  Apr.  8,  "84,  Pby.  Platte:  ovd.  Oct.  18.  '89,  Pby.  Aberdeen;  sup. 
Savannah,  Mo..  1  yr. :  H.  M.  in  South  Dakota,  5  yrs. ;  rec.  Pby.  Kan.  Cy.,  Apr. 
'91,  fr.  Pby.  Aberdeen:  sup.  El  Dorado  Springs  and  Montrose.  '91-94;  dism.  Apr. 
4,  "94,  to  Pby.  Cimarron:  m.  Dec.  IS,  '85,  Alice  H.  Haynes,  Parkville,  Mo. 

JOHX  BOYXTOX  HILL,  b.  Xov.  3,  'GO,  St.  Louis^  Mo. :  s.  Rev.  Dr.  Timothy 
Hill  and  Frances  A.  Hall;  grad.  Knox,  '81;  prof.  Greek,  Park  Coll.,  '81-84,  also 
'96:  grad.  Union  T.  Sem.,  '87,  alternate  fellow;  lie.  Pby.  Osage,  June  8,  "SO;  ord. 
Pby.  Topeka.  Julv  5.  '89:  orgz'd  and  sup.  Westminster  Pbn.  ch..  Topeka,  Kan., 
'89-90: rec.  Pby.  K.  C,  Apr.  8,  "91,  fr.  Pby.  Topeka;  p.  Butler.  '90-94:  sup.  Kan- 
sas City,  '95ff.:  A.  M.,  Knox,  '84:  Perm.  Clerk,  Synod  of  Mo.,  '94ff.:  compiler  of 
this  History. 

HORACE  COFFIX  STAXTOX,  b.  Apr.  1,  '49,  Wolf  borough,  X.  H.:  s.  Prof. 
Benj.  Stanton  and  Catharine  P.  Coffin;  grad.  Union C,  'G7,  1st  honor;  Prince- 
ton '73,  won  Hebrew  Prize;  teacher,  lawyer;  lie.  Pby.  Xew  Brunswick;  ord. 
June  9,  '74.  Pby.  Albany:  sup.  Batchellerville,  X.  Y.,  '73-76;  Xorthville,  74-75; 
p.  Albany  3d,  X.  Y'.,  '77-87:  sup.  Central  ch..  Denver,  Col.,  '88-89:  Bethanv  ch., 
Albany,  X.  Y.,  '89-90:  Kansas  City  2d,  Mo.,  "90:  rec.  Pbv.  Kan.  Cy.,  June  lit.  "91, 
fr.  Pbv.  Albany;  p.  Kansas  City' 1st,  '91-99;  inv.  "99^.;  Ph.  D.',  Boston  Univ., 
'84,  D.  D.,  Bates  Coll..  '97. 

HEXRY'  MARTYX  CAMPBELL,  b.  May  G.  'Gl,  Congress,  0.;  grad.  Woos- 
ter,  '87:  stud.  Western.  '87-88,  Princeton,  '88-90;  lie.  '90,  Pby.  Wooster:  ord. 
Sep.  13,  '90,  Pbv.  Ozark:  sup.  Monett,  Mo..  '90-91;  rec.  Pbv.  Kan.  Cv.,  Sep.  16. 
'91"  fr.  Pby.  Ozark:  p.  Kansas  City  4th,  '91-93;  dism.  Xov.  20  '93,  to  Pby.  St. 
Louis. 

WILLIA:\I  H.  HYATT,  b.  Staffordshire,  Eng. :  stud.  Victoria  Univ.,  Eng. 
theol.  priv. ;  ord.  '71,  Cong.  Council,  Manchester,  Eng.;  sup.  Cong,  chs..  Cross 
Lane.  Salford  and  Circular  Road.  Eng.:  Douglas,  Isle  of  Man;  Uppermill,  Eng.; 
12th  Presb.  ch.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. :  Whiteland.  Ind. :  lola,  Kan. ;  rec.  Pby.  Kan. 
Cy.,  Oct.  21.  '91,  fr.  Pbv.  Xeosho;  sup.  Kansas  City  3d,  '91-93;  dism.  Oct.'lS,  "93, 
to  Pby.  Rock  River. 

AXDREW  ADAM  BOY'D,  b.  June  13,  'GO,  Ireland;  grad.  Queen's  Coll.,  '87; 
stud.  Belfast  T.  Sem.  and  Princeton:  ord.  Dec.  17,  "91,  Pbv.  Kan.  Cy. :  sup.  Knob 
Noster  and  Salem, '91-94,  "96-98;  p.  Sedalia  Central, '99ff. 

1892 

EGUX  WACHTER,  b.  Prussia;  grad.  Western,  '84;  lie.  Apr.  24,  '83,  Pby. 
Pittsburgh;  ord.  May  11,  '84,  ib..  Foreign  Miss'y,  Slam,  '84-91;  rec.  Pby.  Kan. 
Cy.,  Apr.  5,  '92,  fr.  Pby.  Siam;  stud.  K.  C.  Coll.  Phys.  &  Surg.,  grad.  M.  D.; 
dism.  Sep.  2G,  '94,  to  Pby.  Siam. 

WILLIAM  T.  WARDLE,  b.  Jan.  10,  '59,  Wigan,  Lancashire,  Eng.;  s.  Jos. 
Wardle  and  Eliz.  Taylor;  grad.  Wooster,  '87;  Lane,  '90:  boxmaker,  machinist, 
clerk:  lie.  Apr.  9,  "89,  Pby.  Cincinnati;  ord.  May  8,  '90,  Pby.  Maron;  p.  Milford 
Center,  0..  '90-92:  rec.  Pby.  Kan.  Cy.,  Apr,  22, '^'92.  fr.  Pby.  Marion:  p.  Holden, 
'92-95;  dism.  May  20.  '95',  to  Pby.  Portland;  m.  July  22^  "91,  Luvenia  M.  Gil- 
bert, Cincinnati.  0. 

FREDERIC  WILLIA:\I  HIXITT,  b.  Xov.  5,  '06,  Kidderminster,  Eng.;  s. 
John  Hinitt  and  Selina  Williams :  grad.  Westminster,  '89 :  McCormick,  '92 ; 
draughtsman,  '80-80;  lie.  June  8.  '91,  Pby.  Upper  Mo.;  ord.  Apr.  18,  '92.  Pby. 
Kan.  Cv. :  p.  Warrensburg,  '92-95 :  dism.  Mar.  26.  '95,  to  Pbv.  Iowa :  B.  S., 
Westm'r,  '89:  A.  B.,  '90,  A.  M.,  "91,  ib. :  Ph.  D.,  Wooster,  "96:  in.  June  26,  '92, 
Elfie  H.  Humphrey,  Fulton,  Mo. 

1893 

WILLIA.M  FREEMAX  MATTHEWS,  b.  Oct.  31,  '49,  Bethel,  Vt.:  grad. 
Univ.  ^lichigan.  '70:  Union,  '74:  Univ.  Berlin,  '78-79;  ord.  Dec.  20,  '74;  chap, 
mis'y  X.  Y.  City,  '74-77:  sup.  Reading,  Midi..  '77-78;  Manchester,  '78-79:  Au- 


MINISTERS.  67 

burn.  Ind.,  '81-82;  Blutrton,  \S2-8.) :  Pipestone  and  \\'ood>tocl<,  Minn.,  '8G; 
Parkville.  Mo.,  '87;  Cottonwood  Falls,  Kan.,  '89-90;  IJuilinganie  and  Union, 
'91;  ree.  Pbj-.  Kan.  Cy.,  Apr.  o,  '93,  fr.  Pby.  Emporia;  agt.  Soc.  for  Sup.  Vice; 
deniittod  ministry,  Apr.  11,  1900. 

THOMAS  JEFFERSON  :\IAY,  b.  Feb.  0,  '45,  Sc-ipio,  Ind.;  s.  Jon.  B.  May 
and  Eliz.  Lewellyn ;  grad.  Hanover,  '74;  Union,  '77:  U.  8.  Army,  'Gl-04:  tea. 
'G7--70;  lie.  Pby."  N.  Y..  May  "77;  ord.  Pby.  N.  Y.,  May  15,  '77";  sup.  Wilson 
Mission,  X.  Y.  "Citv.  "77-83 ;' Vancouver,  Wash..  '83-85 ;  Wichita,  Kan..  '85-89; 
Central  eh..  Helena.  Mont.,  "89-92;  rec.  Pby.  Kan.  Cy.,  Apr.  5.  '93,  fr.  Pi)y.  Mon- 
tana; Pastor-at-Larpe,  K.  C.  Pby.,  '92-95;  sup.  Fairview  and  Lone  Oak,  '95-9G; 
Centerview  and  Creighton,  '9G-97;  m.  Nov.  1,  '82,  Emily  Rebecca  Holies,  Pea- 
body,  Kan. 

WILLIAM  SICKELS.  b.  Sep.  12,  '07.  Little  Osage.  Mo.:  s.  Isaac  Coe 
Sickels  and  May  Wood  :McNeil ;  stud.  Sedalia  Univ.,  '84-87;  Westminster  C, 
grad.  "90;  iMcCormick.  "93;  lie.  Apr.  4,  '92,  Pby.  Chicago:  ord.  June  0.  "93.  Pby. 
Kan.  Cv. ;  sup.  Sharon  and  Drexel.  "93-97;  dism.  Apr.  12,  '98,  to  Pby.  Neosho; 
A.  :M.  VVestminster,  '93. 

JAMES  ALEXANDER  PORTER  WGAW,  h.  Feb.  4.  '35,  Fairliaven,  O.;  s. 
John  and  Edna ;  grad.  iliami  Un.,  '50 ;  Assoc.  Ref.  T.  Sem..  Oxford,  O.,  '58 ; 
teacher;  lie.  Apr.  "57.  1st  Assoc.  Ref.  Pbv.  Ohio;  ord.  Aug.  8.  "58.  2d  Assoc.  Ref. 
Pbv.  Illinois;  p.  U.  P.  Ch.,  So.  Henderson,  111.,  '58-G7 ;  prof.  Eng.  Lit.,  Mom- 
mouth  Coll.,  'G7-G8:  p.  1st  Presb.  ch..  Urbana,  0.,  '68-80;  Central  ch.,  Rock 
I?land.  80-81;  1st  ch.,  Toledo,  0.,  '81-93;  rec.  Pby.  Kan.  Cy.,  Sep.  27,  "93,  fr. 
Pby.  Maumee;  p.  Linwood  ch.,  Kansas  City,  '93-97;  dism.  Sep.  29,  '97;  A.  M., 
Miami.  '59;  D.  D.,  ^lonmouth,  '71 ;  m.  Sep.  21,  '58,  Rel)ecca  J.  Irwin,  Oxford,  O. , 
m.  2d,  Jan.  3.  "GO,  :Mary  A.  Scott,  Collinsville,  0. 

1894 

PAUL  HEILIGMANN,  b.  Cincinnati,  O. ;  stud.  Union  Bibl.  Sem.  and  Lane ; 
lie.  '89,  Pby.  Des  Moines:  ord.  Nov.  3,  '91,  Pby.  Whitewater;  sup.  Aurora,  Ind., 
'91-92:  rec".  Pby.  Kan.  Cy.,  Apr.  3,  '94,  Pby.  Whitewater;  sup.  Kftnsas  City  3d; 
dism.  Oct.  17.  '94,  to  Pby.  Maumee. 

JOHN  WILLIAM  VAN  EMAN,  b.  Aug.  21,  '4G,  Canonsburg.  Pa.:  grad. 
Washington  and  Jefi'erson,  '71 ;  Western,  '74;  lie.  Apr.  10,  '73;  ord.  June  2.  '74, 
Mankato;  sup.  Magdalia  and  Lake  Crystal,  Minn.,  '73-75;  Bloomington,  Minn., 
'75-70;  Atalissa  and  Cedar  Vallev,  la.,  '70-77;  Williams,  '77-81;  Stella  and 
Prospect,  Neb.,  '82-83;  Covert  Kill  and  Shiloh,  Kan.,  '84:  rec.  Pby.  Kan.  Cy., 
Apr.  14,  '94.  fr.  Pby.  Earned;  sup.  El  Dorado  Springs  and  Montrose.  '93-94;  inv., 
Perth  Amboy  Ministers"  Home,  X*.  J. ;  m.  Apr.  29,  '74,  Miss  L.  J.  Morton. 

JACOB  BAIGHMAN  WELTY.  b.  Apr.  8,  '46,  W.  X'ewton,  Pa.:  s.  Geo. 
Welty  and  Eliz.  Baughman ;  stud.  ]Mt.  Pleasant  C,  and  ^lercersberg.  Pa.:  grad, 
Lancaster  T.  Sem..  "72;  lie.  summer,  '72,  Ger.  Ref.  Classis  of  Westmoreland; 
ord.  fall.  "72.  ib. :  sup.  Pbn.  ch..  Missouri  Valley  and  Logan,  la..  '70-80:  Afton 
and  Villisea,  '80-81:  p.  Creston.  "81-80:  sup  Pleasanton,  Kan..  '80-88:  Moberly, 
Mo.,  '88-92:  Pastor-at-Large,  Palmvra  Pbv.,  "92-94:  rec.  Pbv.  Kan.  Cy.,  May  S. 
'94.  fr.  Pbv.  Palmvra:  p.  Kansas  Citv  4th.  '94-90;  dism.  Julv  G,  "96,  to  Pbv. 
Ozark:  m.Xov.  14",  '07,  Mary  W.  Slater.  Connellsville,  Pa, 

ED:\II'ND  STANLEY  BROWXLEE.  b.  Mar.  31,  '57.  Washington,  Pa.; 
grad.  Washington  and  Jefferson.  '80;  Western,  '89;  news  editor,  American 
Press  Assn.;  lie.  Apr.  11,  '88,  Pby.  Wasliington :  ord.  Apr.  8,  90,  Pby.  W.  Vn.; 
sup.  Ravenswood.  W.  Va..  '89-90:  Mt.  Vernon.  la..  "91-94:  rec.  Pby.  Kan.  Cy., 
Mav  8,  '94,  fr.  P1)V.  Cedar  Rapids;  sup.  Appleton  Citv,  '93-98:  dism.  Apr.  12. 
'98.'  to  Pby.  Topeka :  m.  Feb.  0.  '90,  Lucy  P.  Allen. 

WILLIAM  P.  XELSOX.  no  Coll.  or  Sem.  training;  had  once  been  »  Bap- 
tist minister  in  111.,  but  demitted  the  ministry  and  joined  a  Presl)y.  ch.  in  Union, 
^lo. :  ilisju.  as  a  private  memlier  to  the  ch.  of  TiptoTi.  which  ho  sup.  about   18 


68  CHRONOLOGICAL  REGISTER. 

months  up  to  his  Presb.  ordination ;  lie.  Pby.  Kan.  Cy.,  Apr.  5,  '94 ;  ord.  ib.  ^lay 
8,  '94;  sup.  Kansas  City  3d,  "94;  dism.  Mar.  "95,  to  Pby.  Iowa. 

WALTER  RAYS.  b.  Wooster,  0.,  s.  Eev.  Dr.  Geo.  P.  Hays  and  Eleanor  S. 
Wherry:  grad.  W\Tshington  and  Jefferson,  "90;  McCormick,  "94;  lie.  Apr.  5,  '93, 
Pby.  Kan.  Cv. ;  ord.  May  8,  "94,  ib.;  dism.  May  8,  '94,  to  Pby.  Butte;  A.  M.,  W. 
&J. '97. 

GEORGE  H.  WILLIAMSON,  b.  July  11,  '39,  Bedford,  N.  Y.;  educ.  Troy 
Univ.  and  Burlington  Sem.;  ord.  Sep.  5,  '09,  by  Bp.  G.  F.  Pierce,  M.  E.  Ch. 
South;  rec.  Pby.  Ozark,  Sep.  29,  '81,  fr.  M.  E.  ch.  South;  sup. 
Pbn.  chs.,  Joplin,  Mo.;  Greenfield  and  Ozark  Prairie;  McCausland 
Ave.,  St.  Louis;  Kirksville;  Mt.  Vernon:  Ash  Grove;  Fairplay;  Lockwood; 
Golden  City;  White  Oak;  Monett :  Green  City:  Hamilton;  rec.  Sep.  25,  '94,  fr. 
Pby.  Ozark;  p.  Jefferson  City,    '94-95;  dism.  Oct.  16,  '95,  to  Pby.  Ozark. 

JAMES  SAMIN  CARUTHERS,  b.  June  22,  '39,  Lawrence  Co.,  Pa.;  grad. 
Vermillion  Inst.,  '70;  Western,  73:  lie.  Apr.  25,  '72,  Pby.  Wooster;  ord.  Apr. 
20,  '76,  Pby.  Peoria;  p.  French  Grove,  111..  '73-78:  sup.  Lyons,  Kan.;  Ellsworth, 
Perry,  Hope;  Edwardsville,  111.;  Raymond;  Fairmount,  Neb.;  Idaho  Springs, 
Col.;  Silver  Cliff:  Bloomfield,  la.:  Adar:  Casey;  Pacific,  Mo.;  rec.  Pby.  Kan. 
Cy.,  Sep.  26,  '94,  fr.  Pby.  Alton;  sup.  Hill  Mem.  ch.,  Kansas  City,  '94-96;  dism. 
Apr.  13,  '97,  to  Pby.  Topeka;  m.  Aug.  20,  '63,  Mary  Caroline  Phillips,  New 
Castle,  Pa.:  m.  2d,  Mary  E.  Johnson,  Hayesville,  O. ;  m.  3d,  Mar.  30,  '82,  Laura 
A.  Jeffers,  Greenwood,  l^Io. 

LUTHER  MARTIN  BELDEN,  b.  Nov.  14,  '37,  Sandisfield,  Mass.;  s.  Aus- 
tin Belden  and  Charlotte  Irene  Hawley;  grad.  Washington,  '61;  Western,  '64; 
lie.  Apr.  29,  '63,  Pby.  Redstone;  ord.  Dec.  12,  "64,  Pby.  Erie;  p.  Sturgeonville, 
Pa.,  '64-70;  Chatsworth,  111.,  '71-75;  tea.  Mt.  Pleasant,  la.,  '75-76;  sup.  Center- 
ville,  '77-81:  Elk  Rapids,  "81-84;  p.  Raisin,  Mich.,  "85-91;  Walla  Walla,  Wash., 
'91-94 :  rec.  Pbv.  Kan.  Cy.,  Mar.  26,  '95,  fr.  Pby.  Walla  Walla ;  p.  Kansas  City 
3d,  '94-99;  dism.  Oct.  25,  '99,  to  Pby.  Chicago;  A.  M.,  Washington,  '64;  m.  Oct. 
12,  '64,  Margaret  A.  Knight,  New  Castle,  0. 

1895 

WESLEY  FRANK  PRICE,  b.  Nov.  9,  '54,  Lumberton,  N.  C;  s.  Wesley 
Price  and  Mary  Page;  grad.  Harvard,  '80;  stud.  Princeton,  '80-81,  Andover, 
'81-83 :  lie.  Apr.  '82,  Cong.  Assn.  Woburn,  Mass. ;  ord.  Oct.  22,  '85,  Cong.  Council, 
N.  Y.  Citv :  sup.  2d  Cong,  ch.,  Keene,  N.  H.,  '83-85 ;  Madison  Ave.,  Cong,  ch.,  N. 
Y.  City,  '85-87;  p.  1st  Presb.  ch.,  Monte  Vista,  Col.,  '91-94;  rec.  Pby.  Kan.  Cy., 
Apr.'  10,  '95.  fr.  Pby.  Pueblo;  p.  Broadw-ay  ch.,  Sedalia,  '95-96;  dism  Sep.  23, 
'96,  to  Pby.  Fargo;  m.  Apr.  28,  "92,  Monte  Viste,  Col. 

EDWARD  WARREN  CLIPPINGER,  b.  Dec.  4,  '67,  Lansing,  Mich.;  s. 
Humphrey  Clippinger  and  Mary  A.  Mead ;  grad.  Drury,  '92 ;  McCormick,  '95 ; 
lie.  Apr.  17,  '95,  Pby.  Ozark;  ord.  same  date;  sup.  Chatsworth,  111.,  '94-95;  rec. 
Pby.  Kan.  Cy.,  May  7,  '95,  fr.  Pby.  Ozark;  p.  Warrensburg,  '95-99;  p.  Broad- 
way ch.,  Sedalia,  '99ff. ;  m.  July  5,  "94,  Haddie  Burger,  Bloomington,  Ind. 

GEORGE  FREDERIC  AYRES,  b.  May  17,  '64,  Marion  Co.,  Mo.;  s.  Eugene 
W.  Ayres  and  Kate  J.  Hays;  grad.  Westminster,  '87;  McCormick,  '91,  Smith 
fellow;  stud.  Univs.  Leipzig  and  Halle;  prof.  Latin,  Daniel  Baker  Coll.,  '92-93; 
prof.  Math.,  Washington,  Coll.,  Tenn.,  '93-95;  lie.  Mar.  '89,  Pby.  Palmyra 
(U.  S.)  ;  ord.  Apr.  '93,  Pby.  Brazos  (U.  S.)  ;  sup.  Troy,  Mo.;  St.  Charles; 
Houston,  Tex. :  Johnson  City  and  Jonesboro.  Tenn. ;  rec.  Pby.  Kan.  Cy.,  Sep.  25, 
'95,  fr.  Pby.  Holston;  pres.  K.  C.  Ladies'  Coll.  at  Independence,  '95-98;  dism. 
Apr.  12,  '99,  to  Pby.  St.  Louis;  A.  M.,  Westminster;  Ph.  D.,  Wetsminster,  "97; 
m.  June  21,  '93,  Charlia  L.  Heron,  Washington,  D.  C. 

RICHARD  COOPER  BAILEY,  b.  Wellington,  Durham,  Eng. ;  s.  John 
Bailey  and  Eliz.  Brass:  educ.  Eng.;  lie.  Oct.  11,  '93,  Pby.  Nebraska  City;  ord. 
May  3,  "94,  ib.;  sup.  in  Lancashire  and  Y''orkshire,  Eng.,  '87ff;  p.  Humboldt,  Neb. 


MINISTERS.  «9 

'93-95;   rec.   Pby.  Kan.  Cy.,  Nov.  2,  "95,  fr.   Pby.   Nebraska  City;   p.   Holden, 
'95-99:  dism.  May  23,  '99,  to  Pby.  Utah;  m.  June  3,  '94,  Sheffield,  Eng, 

HERMON  DUTILH  JENKINS,  b.  Jan.  14.  '42,  Columbus,  O.;  s.  Rev.  War- 
ren Jenkins  and  Marion  Dutilh;  grad.  Hamilton,  '04;  stud.  Auburn,  "64-05; 
Union,  '05-07;  abroad,  '07-08;  lie.  Dec.  '00,  Pby.  New  York;  ord.  Sep.  21,  '08, 
Pby.  Chicago;  p.  Central  ch.,  Joliet,  111.,  '08-72;  p.  1st  eh.,  Freeport,  111.,  '73-89; 
p.  Siou.Y  City,  la.,  "89-95;  rec.  Pby.  Kan.  Cy.  Nov.  2.  '95,  fr.  Pby.  Sioux  City;  p. 
Kansas  City  2d,  '95-1900:  dism.  Nov.  29,  1900,  to  Pby.  Chicago:  D.  D.,  Beloit, 
'81 ;  m.  Oct.  28,  '08,  Harriet  Newell  Burrill,  Ithaca,  N.  Y. 

1896 

HENRY  HUBERT  SHAWHAN,  b.  Dec.  13,  'GO,  Sigourney,  la.;  s.  Jos. 
Henry  Shawhan  and  Mary  A.  Jackson;  stud.  Kan.  St.  Univ.,  "83-84;  grad.  Han- 
over, '90;  stud.  Princeton,  '91-93;  lie.  May  '91,  Pby.  Choctaw;  ord.  May  '93,  Pby. 
Oklahoma;  sup.  Ardmore,  I.  T.,  '93-94;  Durango,  Col.,  '95;  rec.  Pby.  Kan.  Cy., 
Apr.  14,  '90,  fr.  Pby.  Pueblo;  City  Mission  work,  Kansas  City;  dism.  Sep.  29, 
'98,  to  Pby.  Puget  Sound;  m.  Nov.  24,  '93,  Marie  Park,  Corinth,  Miss. 

HAMILTON  ANDREW  HYMES,  b.  Apr.  19,  '63,  Darlington,  S.  C;  s. 
Hyam  and  Eliz.  Caroline;  grad.  Univ.  S.  C,  A.  B.,  '80,  LL.  B.,  '88;  stud.  Union 
T.  Sem.,  Va.,  "89-91;  Princeton,  '91-92;  lawyer,  Dallas.  Tex.,  '88-89;  lie.  May, 
'92,  Pby.  Memphis;  ord.  July  '92,  ib.;  p.  Idlewild  ch.,  Memphis,  Tenn.,  '91-94; 
Webster  Groves,  Mo.,  '94-90 ;  ree.  Pby.  Kan.  Cy.,  Apr.  15,  '96,  fr.  Pby.  St.  Louis ; 
p.  Clinton,  "90-98;  dism.  Dec.  1,  '98,  to  Pby.  New  Albany;  A.  M.,  111.  Wesleyan 
Un.,  '97 ;  m.  Oct.  25,  '94,  Mrs.  Bessie  MacGowan  McDowell. 

JOHN  FENTON  HENDY,  b.  Aug.  23,  '37,  Co.  Wicklow,  Ireland;  grad.  Cen- 
ter, '02 ;  stud.  Princeton,  '02-64 ;  Danville,  "05 :  lie.  Apr.  '04 ;  ord.  Nov.  20,  '04, 
Pby.  Ebenezer ;  p.  Covington,  Ky.,  '04-05 ;  Crittenden  and  Lebanon,  Ky.,  '65-08 ; 
■\''incennes,  Ind.,  '09-72:  Owensboro,  Ky.,  '73-81:  Eniporia,  Kan.,  "81-84;  pres. 
Emporia  Coll.,  '83-93 :  pres.  Oswego  Fem.  Coll.,  '93-95 ;  rec.  Pbv.  Kan.  Cy.,  Apr. 
14,  '90,  fr.  Pby.  Neosho ;  p.  Jefferson  City,  '90ff. ;  D.  D.,  Center^  '83. 

PIERRE  PHILIPPE  BRIOL,  b.  Oct  12,  "52,  Villy,  Vaud.  Switzerland:  s. 
Alexandere  Briol  and  Rose  Esther  Borloz;  stud.  Inst.  Evangelique.  Glay, 
France;  McGill  Univ.,  Montreal;  San  Francisco  T.  Sem.,  '87;  lie.  Apr.  '85,  Pby. 
Chicago;  ord.  Mav  1,  '87,  Pby.  San  Francisco;  sup.  San  Francisco  French;  in 
Red  River  Pby.,  '87-88 :  Gary,  S.  D.,  and  Stations,  '88-89 ;  in  Cong.  Ch.,  '89-93 ; 
in  Solomon  Pby. :  teacher  of  Langs.,  Carthage,  Mo.,  '93-96 ;  rec.  Pby.  Kan.  Cy., 
June  5,  '90,  fr.  Pby.  Solomon;  teacher;  m.  June  29,  '88,  Green  Bay,  Wis. 

WILLIAM  SEMPLE,  b.  Donaghadee,  Ireland;  stud.  Newtonards  National 
School,  Ireland:  theol.  course  under  W.  Wis.  M.  E.  Conf . :  ord.  '75,  W.  Wis. 
M.  E.  Conf.:  p.  M.  E.  Chs.  of  Monfort.  Wis.,  '71-72;  Dane,  '73-75;  Monticello. 
"75-77:  teacher  and  farmer,  '77-90;  p.  Presb.  ch..  Union  Twp.,  la.;  90-95;  rec. 
Pbv.  Kan.  Cv.,  June  5,  '90,  fr.  Pby.  Sioux  City;  sup.  El.  Dorado  Springs,  '96-99; 
dism.  Oct.  24,  1900,  to  St.  Louis  Conf.,  M.  E.  Ch. 

JACOB  TWYMAN  BOYER,  b.  Feb.  0,  '06,  Campbellsburgh,  Kv.;  grad. 
Center,  '90;  stud.  Danville,  '90-92;  grad.  Princeton,  '94;  lie.  June  12,''94,  Pby. 
Louisville:  ord.  June  25.  '94.  ib. :  sup.  Cowgill,  Polo  and  Dawn.  Mo.,  '94-95; 
rec.  Pbv.  Kan.  Cv.,  June  5.  '90.  fr.  Pbv.  Platte;  p.  Osceola,  1896-1900,  also  s.  s. 
at  Vista  ;  p.  Holden,  1900ff. :  m. 

THO^LVS  :\IUNNELLE  CORNELISON,  b.  Oct.  9,  '70,  Mt.  Sterling,  Ky. :  s. 
John  J.  Cornelison  and  Celestine  Munnelle ;  grad.  Center,  '93 ;  McCormick,  '90 ; 
lie.  :May  12.  '90,  Pby.  Ebenezer;  ord.  June  18.  '90,  Pbv.  Kan.  Cy. ;  p.  Nevada,  '90- 
98:  diim.  Sep.  28,  '98,  to  Pby.  Ebenezer;  m.  Nov.' 11.  '90  Mary  Keith  Green, 
Danville. 

EDWARD  WRIGHT  :\rCLUSKY,  b.  Oct.  6,  '04,  Somerville.  0. :  s.  Rev.  J. 
W.  ^leClusky  and  Eliz.  Rankin:  grad.  Wooster,  McCormick.  '92:  printer;  lie. 
Apr.  '91,  Pby.  Ft.  Wayne;  ord.  Apr.  '92,  Pby.  Iowa:  p.  Hope  ch.,  Burlington,  la., 


70  CHEOXOLOGICAL  REGISTEK. 

'92-!)4 :  Geneseo.  111.,  '94-90 ;  rec.  Pbv.  Kan.  Cy.,  Sep.  23,  '9u,  fv.  Pby.  Rock  River  ; 
p.  Hill  Mem.  ch.,  Kansas  City,  "90-98,  also  sup.  K.  C.  4th,  "98 ;  p.  Tipton,  '9811., 
also  sup.  High  Point;  ni.  Jan.  17,  "93,  Sarah  Irwin,  St.  Charles,  Mo. 

WH.LIAM  WEATHERSTONE,  b.  '47,  Lady  Flat,  Berwickshire,  Scotland; 
a. Daniel  Cockburn  and  Alice  AVeatherstone,  adopted  by  grandparents  and  took 
their  name:  srad.  Univ.  Edinburah,  "70;  Theol.  Coll.  Eng.  Presb.  Ch.,  '79;  lie. 
'79,  Pbv.  London;  ord.  '8.5.  Pby.  Lachlan,  N.  S.  Wales;  p.  C4renfell,  N.  S.  W. 
'85-87: 'Arlington,  Scotland,  '87-91:  Sterling,  Kan.,  "91;  Jackson,  Minn.,  '92-94;. 
rec.  Pby.  Kan.  Cy.,  Oct.  21,  '90,  fr.  Pby.  Mankato;  sup.  Kansas  City  4th,  '96-97; 
dism. ;  ni.  '70,  Newcastle-on-Tyne,  Eng. 

]\L\RCUS  EDWIX  KROTZER,  b.  June  22,  "07,  Riniersburg,  Pa.;  s.  Sam. 
Krotzer  and  Levina  Bartholomew :  stud.  Kan.  St.  Agric.  Coll. ;  grad.  Park,  '90 ; 
stud.  Lane.  "90-91;  grad.  McCormick,  "93;  lie.  Apr.  13,  '92,  Pby.  Topeka;  ord. 
June  13.  '93,  Pby.  Ft.  Dodge;  sup.  Kingston,  Mirabile  and  Cowgill,  Mo.,  '90; 
S.  S.  Miss'v,  Pby.  Ozark,  '91 ;  sup,  Oelwein,  la.,  '92 ;  p.  ^Manila  and  Manning,  la., 
'93-94;  sup.  Delmar,  la.,  "94-95;  Craig,  Mo.,  "95-96;  rec.  Pby.  Kan.  Cy.,  Oct.  21, 
'96,  fr.  Pby.  Platte;  p.  Raymore,  '96-98;  dism.  Dec.  22,  '98,  to  Pby.  Freeport ; 
A.  M.,  Park,  "95;  m.  May  11,  '93,  Nona  Spurling,  Murdoch,  0.;  m.'2d,  Jan.  16, 
'96,  Emma  Hartlieb,  Cincinnati,  0. 

LOUIS  PERKINS  CAIN,  b.  Danville,  111.;  grad.  Wabash,  '90;  McCormick, 
'94;  he.  Pbv.  Bloomington,  "93;  ord.  "94,  ib. :  Sheldon,  111.,  "92-90;  rec.  Pby.  Kan. 
Cy.,  Oct.  22,  '90,  fr  Pby.  Bloomington;  p.  Broadway  ch.,  Sedalia,  '96-99;  dism. 
July  3,  '99,  to  Pby.  Chicago. 


1897 

W.  R.  EDWARDS,  rec.  Pby.  Kan.  Cy.,  Apr.  13,  "97,  fr.  Pby.  Puget  Sound; 
studied  medicine  in  K.  C. ;  dism.  June  8,  '99  to  Pby.  Portland. 

JOHN  MARTIN  DINSMORE,  b.  May  25,  '21,  Rich  Hill,  Pa.;  s.  Moses 
Dinsmore  and  Irene  Braddoek ;  stud.  Washington ;  Western,  '45-47 ;  one  yr. 
priv.  under  Dr.  John  McChesney;  lie.  Apr.  19,  '48,  Pby.  Washington;  ord.  Apr. 
24,  '50,  Pby.  Steubenville;  itinerant  Miss'y,  W.  Va.,  "48;  sup.  Cumberland  and 
Big  Spring,  0.,  '49-50;  p.  Utica,  '50-51;  Mt.  Pleasant,  '55-58;  Bladensburg, 
'58-61 ;  itinerant  miss'y  in  la.  and  in  Mo.;  rec.  Pby.  Kan.  Cy.,  Apr.  13,  '97,  fr. 
Pby.  Ozark;  H.  R.;  m.  Aug.  19,  '47,  Martha  Jane  Guy,  W.  Alexander,  Pa. 

ALFRED  EMMANUEL  VANORDEN,  b.  Aug.  31,  '73,  Sao  Paulo,  Brazil;  s. 
Rev.  Emmanuel  Vanorden  and  Bertha  Doebely;  grad.  Ecole  Preparatoire  de 
Geneve,  Switzerland,  '92 ;  Ecole  de  Theologie,  ib.,  '96 ;  post  grad.  McCormick, 
■"96-97;  lie.  by  Free  Evang.  Ch.,  Switzerland;  ord.  Oct.  8,  "97,  Pby.  Kan.  Cy.; 
sup.  Centerview  and  High  Point,  '97-98;  Appleton  Citv,  '98-1900;  dism.  Oct.  24, 
1900,  to  Pby.  Neosho;  B.  D.,  Geneva,  '96;  m.  '98,  Knob  Noster,  Mo. 

IRWIN  POUNDS  M'CURDY,  b.  ilar.  26,  '56,  Livermore,  Pa. ;  s.  Alex.  Jack- 
son McCurdy  and  Sarah  Pounds;  grad.  Pa.  St.  Normal  Sch.,  '76,  Lafayette  C, 
'80;  post  grad.  Princeton,  Johns  Hopkins,  Lafayette,  etc.;  stud,  thcol.  2  yrs. 
priv.:  Princeton,  '82;  stiulied  law;  lie.  '81,  Pby.  Kattanning;  ord.  .Inly  8,  '81, 
Pby.  Baltimore;  p.  and  prof.,  Frederick,  Md.,  '81-84;  p.  Southwestern  ch.,  Phila- 
delphia, '84-95,  then  honorary  Pastor  for  life;  ed.  Observer,  '85-87.  Amend- 
ment, '89:  financial  Sec'y,  Lafayette  C,  '91-92;  rec.  Pby.  Kan.  Cy.,  Oct.  IS,  '97, 
fr.  Pbv.  Philadelphia;  p.  Kansas  City  5th,  '97-99;  D.  D.,  Litt.  D.,  L.  D.,  Sc.  D., 
L.  H."D.,  H.  L.  D,  Philol.  p.,  etc.,  etc.;  m.  Nov.  29,  '77,  Rachel  Long  Ewing, 
Irwin,  Pa. 

PAX'L  BURRILL  JENKINS,  b.  Aug.  25,  '72,  Joliet,  111.;  Rev.  Dr.  H.  D. 
Jenkins  and  Harriet  N.  Burrill ;  grad.  Princeton  LTniv.,  '94:  Princeton  T.  Sem., 
'97;  lie.  June  9,  "96,  Pby.  Kan.  Cy.;  ord.  Oct.  21,  '97,  ib.;  P.  Linwood  ch.,  Kan- 
sas City,  "97^". ;  ni.  Nov.  23,  '07,  Gertrude  Halbert,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 


MINISTERS.  71 

1898 

STANLEY  DAY  JEWELL,  b.  Oct.  27,  '53,  Wellsburg,  N.  Y.;  s.  Dr.  James 
Jewell  and  Almira  Day;  grad.  Union,  '7.5;  Princettn,  '78;  lie.  Pby.  Cheming, 
Feb.  5,  '78 ;  ord.  May  4.  '78,  ib. ;  p.  Big.  Flats,  N.  Y.,  '78-90 ;  sup.  Rome,  N.  Y., 
'90-ni;  p.  Coflfeyville,  Kan.,  '91-97;  rec.  Pby.  Kan. -C'y.,  Apr.  12,  "98,  fr.  Pby. 
Neosho;  p.  Butler,  ■97flf. ;  m.  Sep.  1,  '8G,  Belle  Porter,  Wellington,  Kan. 

MARSHALL  B.  W.  GRANGER,  b.  Aug.  25,  '50,  Bladensburg,  Md. ;  s.  Thos. 
Granger  and  Millie  C.  Galer :  grad.  Center,  '78 ;  stud.  MeCormick,  '85-86 ;  grad. 
Danville,  '88;  lie.  May  '87.  Pby.  Transylvania;  ord.  Oct.  '88,  Pby.  St.  Louis:  p. 
Fruitland,  Mo.,  '88;  sup.  Jackson.  Mo.,  '88-91:  Aux  Vasse,  '92;  Caledonia,  '95; 
svn'l  evangt,  '96;  prine.  Presb'l  High  School,  Bethel  Springs,  Tenn.,  '96-97;  rec. 
Pby.  Kan.  Cy.,  Apr.  12,  '98,  fr.  Pby.  Western  District  (U.  S.)  ;  sup..  Warsaw 
and  Sunnyside;  A.  M.,  Center,  '81 ;  m.  '90,  Juliette  G.  Welling,  Jackson,  Mo. 

.JAMES  DARRAH  CATLIN,  b.  Apr.  5,  '72,  Hannibal,  Mo.;  s.  Chas.  Wm. 
Catlin  and  R.  E.  Ferguson;  grad.  Westminster,  '9-4;  ^MeCormick,  '97;  lie.  May 
31.  '97,  Pby.  St.  Louis;  ord.  Oct.  5,  '97,  Pby.  Choctaw:  p.  Atoka  and  Lehiiih, 
I.  T.,  '97-98;  rec.  Pby.  Kan.  Cy.,  Apr.  13,  '98,  fr.  Pby.  Choctaw;  p.  Central  ch., 
Sedalia,  '98-99;  dism.  July  3,  '99,  to  Pby.  Choctaw:  m.  Jan.  5.  '98,  Claudia 
Standley,  Atoka,  I.  T.         ' 

1899 

GEORGE  PETRIE  BEARD,  b.  June  3,  '34,  Orange,  Vt.:  s.  Kendall  Beard 
and  Roxinda  Richardson;  grad.  Univ.  Vt.,  'GO;  theol.  priv.  under  pres  and  profs, 
of  L'niv.  Vt.;  teacher  in  ^lo.,  Pa.,  and  Vt.:  lie.  '64,  by  a  Cong.  Council  in  Vt.; 
ord.  Dec.  'Go,  Cong.  Council,  Chillicothe,  ^lo. ;  sup.  Cong,  ch.,  Cliillicothe,  ~Slo., 
'65-66;  orgz'd  Normal  School  at  Warrensburg,  Mo.,  '71,  and  taught  there,  "66-72; 
sup.  Presb.  chs.  in  Pa.,  '72-87;  p.  Blair,  Neb.,  "91-94;  Whitewood,  S.  D.,  "94-98; 
rec.  Pby.  Kan.  Cy.,  Apr.  12,  "99,  fr.  Pbv  Black  Hills;  dism.  Aug.  24,  1900.  to 
Pl)y.  Redstone;  A.  M.,  Unir.  "^.;  m.  Dec."'6,  '61,  Randolph,  Vt. 

WILLIAM  FREDERIC  VAN  DER  LIPPE,  b.  May  2,  '69,  St.  Louis,  Mo.; 
s.  Rev.  Dr.  Adalbert  Van  Der  Lippe  and  Matilda  Kiesel ;  grad.  Westminster,  '90; 
MeCormick,  "93;  lie.  Apr.  '92,  Pby.  St.  Louis;  ord.  July  '93,  Pby.  Ozark:  p. 
Springfield  2d,  Mo.,  "93-94;  Faith  Chapel,  St.  Louis,  "94-98;  rec.  Pby.  Kan.  Cy., 
Apr.  12,  '99,  fr.  Pby.  St.  Louis;  p.  Deepwater  and  Brownington ;  m.  June  26, 
'95,  Marie  P.  Bertram,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

JOHN  STONESTREET  VAN  METER,  b,  Sep.  13,  '45,  Lexington,  Ky.;  s. 
Solomon  van  Meter,  Eliz.  M.  Stonestreet;  grad.  Washington  and  Lee,  Univ.,  "75  ; 
lawyer,  Lexington.  Ky.,  '71-78;  stud.  Danville  T.  Sem.,  '78-SO;  Princeton,  '81; 
lie.  "Apr.  18,  '80,  Pbv.  W.  Lexington;  ord.  Oct.  31,  '81,  ib. ;  p.  Cynthiana,  Ky., 
'81-85;  Hot  iSprings,\\rk.,  '85-93;  Richmond,  Mo..  "93-98;  Pres'l^Evang't,  Ark. 
'98-99:  rec.  Pby.  Kan.  Cy.,  Apr.  12,  '99,  fr.  Pby.  Arkansas  (U.  S.)  ;  p.  Clinton. 
JMlff;  D.  D.,  Presb.  Coll.  Upper  Mo.;  m.  Eliz.  M.  Yerkes,  Danville,  Ky. 

WILLIAM  BROWN  CHANCELLOR,  b.  Mar.  2,  '70,  lligginsville,  :Mo.  :  s. 
James  T.  Chancellor  and  ^Marion  H.  Weedon ;  grad.  Wooster,  '96 ;  ^MeCormick, 
'99;  lie.  Apr.  13,  '98,  Pby.  Kan.  Cy. ;  ord.  .Tune  8,  99,  ib. ;  sup.  Deepwater  and 
Brownington,  '93;  Tipton,  "95;  Greenwood,  '96:  Milford  Center,  O.,  "97;  Avon, 
Ind..  '98;    (all  the  foregoing  ch.  in  summer  vacations)  ;  p.  Rich  Hill,  '98ff. 

HARRY  CLIFTEN  WHITE,  b.  Nov.  28,  "60,  Washington,  O.;  s.  Josiah 
White  and  Hannah  Ferrell ;  ^Muskingum  C. ;  grad.  Western,  '93;  lie.  Apr.  '92, 
St.  Clairsville:  ord.  Oct.  24,  '93,  Pl)y.  Redstone;  sup.  Long  Run  and  Mt.  Vernon, 
Pa.,  '93-97:  Cambridge,  0.,  '98;  rec.  Pby.  Kan.  Cy.  Sep.  26,  '99,  fr.  Pby.  Colum- 
bus.; sup.  Centerview  and  Knob  Noster,  1899-1901;  Appleton  City,  1901:  m. 
July  11,  "88,  Emma  Clinc,  Crcighton,  0. 

WILLIAM  CARTER,  b.  May  22,  '68,  Pittington,  Durham,  Eng. ;  s.  Jos.  Car- 
ter and  Thomasina  Whitford;  grad.  Parsons,  "91;  MeCormick,  '94;  lie.  Apr.  10, 
'93,  Pby.  Ottawa;  ord.  same  time;  p.  Sterling,  111., '94-97;  Frankfort,  Ind.,  '99; 


72  CHRONOLOGICAL  REGISTER. 

rec.  Pby.  Kan.  Cy.,  Sep.  27.  '99,  fr.  Pby.  Ottawa;  jj.  Kansas  City  1st,  1899  ft'.; 
A.  M.,  Parsons,  '94;  Ph.  D.,  Park,  1900;  m.  May  17,  '93,  Alice  Kellogg,  Des 
Moines,  Iowa. 

JOHN  N.  POPE,  rec* Pby.  Kan.  Cy.,  Sep,  27,  '99,  fr.  Pby.  Cairo;  mission 
work  in  Kansas  City;  dism.  Apr.  10,  1901,  to  Pby.  Kiamichi;  tbe  only  Negro 
minister  ever  a  member  of  K.  C.  Pby. 

JOSEPH  MARION  ROSS,  b.  Nov.  4,  '65,  Champaign,  111.;  ?  Rev.  Robt.  G. 
Ross  and  Nannie  A.  Eastman;  grad.  Blackburn  Univ.,  '86;  McCorruick,  '89;  lio. 
Apr.  4,  '88,  Pby.  Alton;  ord.  May  21,  '89,  Pby.  Springfield;  sup.  Steeleville  and 
Blair,  111.,  '86 ;  Moro,  ,87 ;  Moro  and  Upper  Alton,  '88 ;  p.  Farmington  and 
Pleasant  Plains,  '89-90;  Kirkwood,  '92-99;  rec.  Pby.  Kan.  Cy.,  Oct.  26,  '99,  fr. 
Pby.  Schuyler;  p.  Warrensburg,  '99ff.;  A.  M.,  Blackburn,  '89;  Mod.  Syn.  111., 
'99;  m.  Sep.  18,  '90,  Annie  S.  Nutting,  Carlinville,  111. 

1900 

WELLINGTON  E.  LOUCKS,  b.  Oct.  12,  '54,  Peoria,  111.;  s.  Judge  Well- 
ington Loucks  and  Rebecca  A.  Rodecker;  grad.  Wabash;  theol.  priv. ;  lie.  Apr. 
77,  Pby.  Crawfordville ;  ord.  Oct.  12,  '77,  ib. ;  p.  Darlington  and  Bethel,  Ind.,  '77- 
78;  sup.  Crawfordsville,  '78-80;  Logansport,  "80-87;  North  Broad  Street,  Phil- 
adelphia, Pa.,  '87-89;  Camden  1st,  N.  J.,  '89-92;  Wissahickon,  '92-93;  rec.  Pby. 
Kan.  Cy.,  Apr.  11,  1900,  fr.  Pby.  Philadelphia;  p.  Kansas  City  3d,  '99flf.;  A.  M., 
Wabash,  '92;  m.  Jan.  21,  '75,  Emma  R.  Johnson,  Peoria,  111. 

HENRY  LEWIS  BROWN,  b.  Feb.  13,  '30,  Worcester,  Mass.;  s.  Lewis  Brown 
and  Mary  Knowlton ;  grad.  Miami,  '55 ;  teacher,  '47-64 ;  grad.  Lane  T.  Sem.,  '67 ; 
lie.  Apr.  '66,  Pby.  Oxford;  ord.  Sep.  ,  "67,  Pby.  Ft.  Wayne;  sup.  Marion,  Ind., 
'67-69;  Peru,  '69-70;  Oniro,  Wis.,  '70-76  and  '83-87;  Reedsburg,  '76-79;  Lodi, 
'79-83;  Merrill,  '87-94;  Ottawa  and  Eagle,  '94-97;  Somers,  '97-1900;  rec.  Pby. 
Kan.  Cy.,  July  31,  1900,  fr.  Pby.  Milwaukee;  oc.  sup.;  dism.  Apr.  10,  1901,  to 
Pby.  Topeka ;  m.  Aug.  7,  '67,  Mary  0.  Ballentine,  Cincinnati,  0. 

JAMES  LAPSLEY  M'KEE,  b.  Jan.  14,  "64,  Louisville,  Ky.-  s.  John  Laps- 
ley  McKee  and  Sarah  Henry  Speake;  grad.  Center,  '83;  Princeton,  '86;  post 
grad.  McCormick,  '90;  lie.  and  ord.  May  '86,  Pby.  Transylvania;  Miss'y  among 
Mountaineers  6i  the  South,  '86-90;  Richmond,  Ky.,  '91-94;  evang.  &  A.  P.  New 
Albany,  Ind.,  '96-1900;  rec.  Pby.  Kan.  Cy.,  May  11,  '90,  fr.  Pby.  New  Albany; 
p.  Kansas  City  5th,  1900flf.;  A.  M.,  Center;  m.  Feb.  7,  '93,  Mary  MacDonald 
Ritchie,  Chicago,  111. 

ADDISON  D.  MADEIRA,  rec.  Pby.  Kan.  Cy.,  May  11,  1900,  fr.  Pby.  Lafay- 
ette; D.  D. 

JAMES  EDWARD  STEVENSON,  b.  Nov.  24,  '54,  Bellefontaine,  0;  s.  James 
Edgar  Stevenson  and  Hannah  Moore  Hoover;  no  Coll.  or  Sem.  eduo'n;  farmer 
until  1899;  lie.  Pby.  Kan.  Cy..  Apr.  12,  '99;  ord.  June  1,  1900,  ib.;  Bup.  Raymore, 
'99ff.:  m.  May  16,  '82,  Sallie  S.  Williamson,  Pleasant  Hill,  Mo. 

HENRY  A.  BROWN,  b.  Jan.  15,  '65,  Covington,  Ky.;  s.  Herman  Braun  and 
Charlotte  Droescher;  grad.  Center,  '91;  Danville,  '94;  salesman,  '80-86;  sup. 
Ebenezer  Valley  and  Murphrysville,  Ky.,  '94-97 ;  Alexandria  and  Hope  Chapel, 
S.  D.,  '97-98;  Firth,  Neb.,  '98-1900;  Staplehurst,  1900;  rec.  Pby.  Kan.  Cy.,  Sep. 
12,  1900,  fr.  Pby.  Nebraska  City;  sup.  Osceola  and  Vista,  1900-1901;  Lowry 
City  and  Westfield,  1901 ;  m.  June  4,  '95,  Edith  L.  Dietrich,  Aberdeen,  0. 

JOHN  S.  DUNNING,  grad.  Princeton;  rec.  Pby.  Kan.  Cy.,  Sep.  26,  1900,  fr. 
Pby.  Louisiana  (U.  S.)  ;  pres.  K.  C.  Ladies"  C.  at  Independence. 

THOMAS  ANDERSON  CLAGETT,  b.  Aug.  21,  '73,  Richmond,  Va.;  s.  Rev. 
W.  H.  Olagett  and  Jennie  Anderson ;  grad.  Southwestern  Presb.  Univ.,  '95 ; 
Princeton,  1900;  lie.  '96,  Pbv.  Nashville;  ord.  Aug.  '97.  Pbv.  Arkansas;  sup. 
Tallahasse,  Fla.;  rec.  Pby.  Kan.  Cy.,  Sep.  26.  1900,  fr.  Pby.  Florida  (U.  S.)  ;  sup. 
El  Dorado  Springs  and  Scliell  City,  1900-01. 


MimSTjH]KS.  73 

1901 

GEORGE  LEWIS  ENGLER,  b.  Feb.  20,  70,  Hoboken,  N.  J.;  s.  D.  A. 
Engler  and  Anna  M.  Schenck;  grad.  Franklin,  "97;  Auburn,  1901;  photo- 
grapher, 4  yrs.,  shipping  elk.,  5  yrs. ;  lie.  Apr.  '98,  Pby.  Rochester;  ord.  Oct. 
30,  1900,  Pby.  St.  Lawrence;  sup.  Brownville,  N.  Y.,  1900-01;  rec.  Pby.  Kan. 
City,  Apr.  10,  1901,  fr.  Pby.  St.  Lawrence:  sup.  Warsaw  and  Sunny  Side,  also 
Calvary  and  Edwards  (in  Southern  connection);  ni.  Sep.  4,  1900,  Alice  M. 
(dau.  of  Rev.  Jas.  H.)  Day. 

CHARLES  CALVIN  M'GINLEY,  b.  July  12,  '66,  Maryville,  Tenn.;  s.  Jos. 
A.  McGinley  and  Fidelia  McConnell ;  grad.  Maryville,  '91;  Auburn,  '94;  lie.  '92, 
Pby.  Union;  ord.  '94,  ib.;  p.  Ardmore,  I.  T.,  '94-97;  Muskogee,  '97-1901;  rec. 
Apr.  10,  1901,  fr.  Pby.  Sequoyah;  p.  Independence  1st;  m.  '95,  Jennie  Mc- 
Culloch,  Chicago,  111. 

CHARLES  CLARK  M'KINNEY,  b.  Mar.  14.  '74,  Highland,  Kan.;  s.  J.  E. 
McKinney  and  Lucv  J.  Clark;  grad.  Park,  '98;  stud.  McCormick,  '98-1900;  lie. 
May  11,  1900,  Pby ."^  Platte ;  ord.  May  3,  1901,  Pby.  Kan.  Cy.;  sup.  Malta  Bend 
and  Salt  Springs;  m.  Sep.  26,  1900,  Mary  Best,  Appleton  City,  Mo. 

ALBERT  EDGAR  WARDNER,  Jr.,  b.  Apr.  19,  '70,  St.  Louis,  Mo.;  s.  A.  E. 
Wardner  and  Harriet  E.  Pixler:  srrad.  Kansas  State  Univ.,  '98;  McCoi'mick, 
1901;  lie.  Pbv.  Kan.  Cy.,  May  11,1900:  ord.  Mav  21,  1901,  ib.;  sup.  Vinland, 
Kan.,  '98;  Alva,  Ok.,  1900;  Chandler,  Ok.,  1901. 


MINISTERIAL  AGE. 
Dates  of  Ordination  so  far  as  discovered. 

Before  1840.     N.  B.  Dodge,  about  1816;  W.  B.  Montgomery,  ;  B.  Pixley, 

;   Robert  Glenn.  Apr.   19,  1819:   E.  HoUister,  Sep.  26,  1820;  A. 

Pomeroy,  Sep.  29,  1825;  H.  Chamberlain,  Oct.  16,  1825;  H.  P.  Good- 
rich, Mav  3,  1827;  W.  P.  Cochran,  Mar.  23,  1828;   J.  L.  Yantis,  Oct. 

,  18.30:  Aniasa  Jones,  Oct.  30,  1830;   R.  L.  McAfee,  ;   W.  L. 

Breckenridge.  1831;  L.  R.  Morrison,  Apr.  20,  1832;  E.  P.  Noel,  Sep. 

20,  1833;  B.  Ryland, ;  J.  V.  A.  Woods,  1836;  A.  G.  Taylor,  1837; 

W.  H.  Rogers,  Mav  16,  1838;  John  R.  Agnew,  Apr.  3,  1838;  I.  W.  K. 
Handy,  Nov.  23,  1838;  C.  Sturdevant, ;  W.  M.  Reed, . 

1840.  H.  H.  Cambern,  Apr.  7;  John  Montgomery,  May  7;  W.  G.  Bell,  May  24; 

Jos.  Piatt,  Dec.  10. 

1841.  G.  A.  M.  Renshaw,  Oct.;  B.  M.  Hobson,  Dee.  12. 

1842.  J.  T.  Lapsley,  May  0;  W.  M.  Cheever, . 

1843.  D.  Coulter,  July  5.  • 

1844.  G.  Hickman,  Apr.  14 ;  T.  S.  Reeve,  Oct.  20;  C.  Bradsliaw, . 

1845.  J.  B.  Allen,  Apr.  9 ;  J.  G.  Brice,  (  ?). 

1846.  R.  S.  Symington,  Apr.  18 ;  C.  D.  Herbert,  Apr.  26;  J.  S.  Poage,  May  — ; 

H.  A.  Nelson,  July  29;  Timothy  Hill,  Oct.  22;  J.  W.  Wallace,  Nov.  — . 

1847.  S.  G.  Clark,  ilay ;  R.  H.  Allen,  June  27. 

1848.  T.  A.  Bracken,  Oct.  15. 

1849.  J.  V.  Barks.  ;  C.  H.  Heckman,  ;  W.  C.  Requa,  ;  W.  H. 

Smith, . 


74  CHEOXOLOGICAL  EEGISTEE. 

1850.  J.  M.  Diiismore,  Apr.  24;  A.  V.  C.  Sclienck,  June  28. 

1851.  D.  A.  Wilson,  Apr.  9;  J.  A.  Whitaker,  Oct.'O;  Win.  H.  Pawling,  Apr.  27. 

1852.  S.  B.  Bell, ,:  J.  C.  Thornton,  May ;  J.  H.  Baird,  Mar.  4;  H.  M. 

Paynter,  June  ;  I.  W.  Canfield,  Oct.  17;  J.  G.  Fackler,  Nov.  27; 

W.  R.  Fulton, . 

1853. 

1854.  A.  McDougall,  Feb.  — ;  James  Young,  Apr.  22. 

1855.  J.  W.  Clark,  June  22 ;  L.  I.  Drake,  Dec.  — . 

1856.  G.  W.  Harlan,  Apr.  — ;  J.  T.  Leonard,  Oct.  26. 

1857.  Wm.  McCaughey,  Jan.  14;  L.  Dudley,  Feb.  8;  W.  McCaughey,  Jan.  14; 

R.  Irwin,  Apr.  — ;  J.  H.  Clark,  Aug.  19;  G.  W.  McMillan,  Nov.  17; 
T.  F.  Boyd,  Dec.  19. 

1858.  J.  Thompson.  Jan.  14;  J.  M.  Chaney,  Apr.  4;  H.  C.  Hovey,  Apr.  10;  J. 

Mayou,  June  — ;  J.  A.  P.  McGaw,  Aug.  — . 

1859.  H.  M.  Shockley, :  Geo.  K.  Scott,  Apr.  — ;  R.  S.  Reese,  June  4;  CD. 

Nott,  Oct.  25 ;  G.  W.  Goodale,  Nov.  8 ;  J.  J.  Cooke,  Nov.  26. 

1860.  S.  W.  Mitchell,  Sep.  25;  G.  Miller,  Nov.  4. 

1861.  G.  P.  Hays,  Mar.  5;  J.  C.  Thornton,  Apr.  — ;  C.  L.  Thompson,  July  7; 

R.  H.  Jackson,  Dec.  6;  N.  H.  Smith, . 

1862.  S.  H.  Weller,  ;  J.  C.  Taylor,  Feb.  11;   Hiram  Hill,  Apr.  — ;  Wm. 

Coleman,  Fall. 

1863.  J.  B.  Vawter,  ;  P.  Read,  Jan.  4;   C.   C.  Kimball,  Sep.  11;   W.  G. 

Thomas,  Fall. 

1864.  L.  Railsback,  ;   J.  W.  Allen,  ;  C.  H.  Dunlap,  Apr.  26;  Eben 

Muse,  May :  J.  F.  Hendy,  Nov.  20;  L.  M.  Belden,  Dec.  12. 

1865.  A.  Carroll, ;  W.  M.  Newton, ;  J.  H.  Byers,  Apr.  15;  C.  Fueller, 

Aug.  27;  D.  K.  Steele.  Sep.  15;  G.  P.  Beard,  Dec.  . 

1866.  C.  V.  Monfort,  Apr.  8;  J.  Barbee,  Oct.  9;  S.  M.  Irwin,  Nov.  25. 

1867.  Henrv  L.  Brown,  Sept. ;  F.  Lippe,  Sep.  16;  E.  M.  Halbert,  Oct.  13. 

1868.  S.  T.  McClure,  Aug.  30;  B.  F.  Powelson,  Sep.  10;  H.  D.  Jenkins,  Sep.  21 ; 

A.  J.  Johnson,  Sep.  25;  J.  J.  Brown,  Oct.  4;  D.  McNaughton.  Oct.  4; 
D.  C.  Milner,  Oct.  4. 

1869.  L.  J.  Matthews,  Apr.  4;   Reuel  Dodd,  Apr.  22;  G.  A.  Beattie,  May  4; 

Josiah  Moore,  May  11;  W.  H.  Hillis,  June  ;  G.  H.  Williamson, 

Sep.  5. 
1870. 

1871.  W.  H.  Hyatt, ;  J.  F.  Watkins,  Apr.  7;  J.  Lafferty,  June  14;  0.  W. 

Gauss,  July ;  A.  W.  Colver,  Oct. . 

1872.  Duncan  Brown,  Apr.  23;  A.  Walker,  Apr.  23;  J.  H.  Miller,  May  5;  W. 

G.  Ready,  Oct.  25;  S.  W.  Griflfin,  Oct. ;  J.  B.  Welty,  Fall. 

1873.  Jos.  Clements,  Dec.  3. 

1874.  H.  Stauss,  Apr.  15:  J.  W.  Van  Eraan,  June  2;  H.  C.  Stanton,  June  9; 

W.  E.  ]\Iack,  Sep.  15;  W.  F.  Matthews,  Dec.  20. 

1875.  Wm.  Semple, ;  J.  F.  Bruner,  Apr.  17  ;  T.  H.  Jones,  June  9. 

1876.  D.  L.  Lander,  Mar.  29;  W.  R.  Henderson,  Apr.  13;  J.  S.  Caruthers,  Apr. 

20 :  D.  R.  Crockett,  Oct.  29 ;  John  Herron,  Nov.  8 ;  Farel  Hart,  Dec.  5. 

1877.  T.  H.  Allin,  Mar.  30;  T.  J.  Mav.  Mav  15;  W.  M.  Pocock,  June  12;  Wil- 

son Asdale.  Sep.  12;  W.  E.  Loucks,Oct.  12;  D.  S.  Schaff,  Oct.  28. 

1878.  iS.  D.  Jewell,  Mav  14;  C.  P.  Blayney,  Dec.  5. 

1879.  W.  A.  Cravens,  Apr,  1 ;  A.  T.  Robertson,  Sep.  11. 

1880.  A.  B.  IMartin, ;  W.  G.  Pollock, ;  G.  P.  Wilson,  Oct.  14. 

1881.  C.  C.  Hembree,  Aug.  7;  I.  P.  McCurdv.  July  8;  J.  S.  Van  ]\Icter,  Oct.  31. 

1882.  0.  G.  Morton,  Mav  10;  C.  H.  Bi^Te,  Oct.  18. 

1883.  F.  R.  Farrand,  May  8;  R.  R.  Marquis,  June  12;  J.  H.  Allin,  Sep.  13;  W. 

H.  Wieman,  Sep.  13. 

1884.  S.  M.  Ware,  May  6;  E.  Wachter.  IVIav  11;  A.  McLaren,  .July  16. 

1885.  Wm.  Weatherstone, ;  W.  F.  Price,  Oct.  22. 

1886.  G.  B.  Sproule,  ;  J.  L.  MoKee.  May . 

1887.  P.  P.  Briol,  May  1 ;  S.  C.  Bates,  Nov.  3 ;  H.  C.  Keeley,  Nov.  16, 


MINISTERIAL  AGE.  75 

1888.  W.  M.  Baird,  Max ;  M.  B.  W.  Granger,  Oct. . 

1889.  J.  M.  Eoss,  Mav  21 ;  John  B.  Hill,  Julv  5 ;  W.  E.  Voss,  Oct.  18. 

1890.  E.  S.  Brownlee",  Apr.  8;  W.  F.  Shields,  Apr.  30;  W.  T.  Wardle,  :May  8; 

F.  B.  Everitt,  May  9;  H.  M.  Campbell,  Sep.  13;  E.  P.  Dunlap,  Nov.  7; 
J.  R.  Stevenson,  Nov.  31. 

1891.  P.  Heiligniann,  Nov.  3;  A.  A.  Bovd,  Dec.  17. 

1892.  E.  W.  McClusky,  Apr. ;  F.  W.  Hinitt,  Apr.  18;  H.  A.  Hymes,  July. 

1893.  G.  F.  Ayres,  Apr.  ;   Wm.  Carter.  Apr.  10;   H.  H.  Shawhan,  May 

:  \Vm.  Sickels,  June  0:  M.  E.  Krotzer,  June  13;  W.  F.  Van  der 

Lippe,  July ;  H.  C.  White,  Oct.  24. 

1894.  L.  P.  Cain, ;  C.  C.  McGinley,  ;  R.  C.  Bailey,  May  3;   Walter 

Hays,  :May  8;   W.  P.  Nelson,  May  8;   J.  T.  Boyer,  June  25;   H.  A. 
Brown,  Nov.  8. 

1895.  E.  W.  Clippinger,  Apr.  17. 

1896.  T.  M.  Cornelison,  June  18;  J.  N.  Pope,  Apr.  0. 

1897.  T.  A.  Clagett,  Aug. ;  J.  D.  Catlin,  Oct.  5;  A.  E.  Vanorden,  Oct.  8; 

P.  B.  Jenkins,  Oct.  21. 
1898. 

1899.  W.  B.  Chancellor,  June  8. 

1900.  J.  E.  Stevenson,  June  1 ;  G.  L.  Engler,  Oct.  31. 

1901.  C.  C.  MoKinnev,  May  3;  A.  E.  Wardner,  Jr.,  May  21. 


MINISTERIAL  NATIVITY. 

CONNECTICUT— E.  Ilollister. 

DELAWARE— D.  Coulter,  H.  M.  Shockley. 

DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA— I.  W.  K.  Handy. 

ILLINOIS— L.  P.  Cain,  P.  B.  Jenkins,  J.  M.  Ross,  W.  E.  Loucks. 

INDIANA— W.  M.  Baird,  J.  F.  Bruner,  W.  .M.  Cheever,  W.  A.  Cravens,  W. 
R.  Henderson.  W.  H.  Hillis.  H.  C.  Hovey,  T.  J.  May,  R.  R.  Marquis.  S.  T.  Mc- 
Clure,  C.  V.  :\IiJi;lV.it.  L.  Railsbaek,  R.  S.  Reese,  J.  C.  Thornton,  R.  S.  Syming- 
ton, J.  B.  Vawter.  \\'.  E.  Voss. 

IOWA— H.  H.  Shawhan. 

KANSAS — C.  C.  McKinney. 

KENTUCKY— R.  II.  Allen,  J.  Barbee,  S.  C.  Bates.  J.  T.  Boyer,  W.  L. 
Breekenridge,  H.  A.  Brown,  II.  H.  Cambern.  T.  M.  Cornelison,  F.  R.  Farrand, 
S.  W.  Griffin,  G.  W.  Harlan,  D.  L.  Lander,  J.  T.  Lapsley,  J.  T.  Leonard,  R.  L. 
McAfee.  J.  L.  !McKee,  J.  Montgomery,  Wm.  H.  Pawling,  J.  S.  VanMeter,  J.  W. 
Wallace.  S.  M.  Ware.  J.  L.  Yantis. 

MARYLAND— M.  B.  W.  Granger,  G.  Hickman,  W.  G.  Keady. 

MASSACHUSETTS— J.  B.  Allen,  L.  M.  Belden,  H.  L.  Brown,  G.  W.  Good- 
ale.  IT.  P.  Goodrich.  H.  A.  Nelson,  A.  Pomeroy,  T.  S.  Reeve. 

?*nCHIGAN— E.  W.  Clippinger. 

:iIISSOURI— >T.  H.  Allin,  G.  F.  Ayres,  Duncan  Brown,  J.  D.  Catlin,  W.  B. 
Chancellor,  0.  W.  Gauss,  C.  C.  Hembree,  John  B.  Hill,  Wm.  Sickles,  W.  F.  Van 
der  Lippc.  A.  E.  Wardner.  Jr.,  W.  H.  Wienian. 

NEW  HAMPSHIRE— N.  B.  Dodge,  Timothy  Hill,  Amasa  Jones,  C.  C.  Kim- 
ball. H.  C.  Stauton. 

NEW  JERSEY— J.  J.  Brown,  I.  W.  Canfield,  Geo.  L.  Engler,  A.  V.  C. 
Schenck. 

NEW  YORK— S.  B.  Bell,  G.  A.  Beattie,  S.  G.  Clark,  L.  Dudley,  J.  S.  Dun- 
ning. Hiram  Hill,  S.  D.  Jewell.  C.  D.  Nott,  W.  C.  Requa,  W.  H.  Smith,  D.  K. 
Steele.  J.  C.  Tavlor,  G.  H.  Williamson. 

NORTH  CAROLINA— W.  F.  Price.  E.  P.  Noel,  L.  R.  Morrison. 


76  CHEONOLOGICAL  REGISTER. 

OHIO— J.  W.  Allen,  J.  V.  Barks,  H.  M.  Campbell.  A.  Carroll.  J.  M.  Chaney, 
J.  H.  Clark,  W.  Coleman,  A.  W.  Colver,  Reuel  Dodd,  L.  I.  Drake,  Walter  ilays, 
P.  Heiligman,  J.  Herron,  Robt.  Irwin,  S.  M.  Irwin.  H.  D.  Jenkin-.  Wm.  Mc- 
Caughey,  E.  W.  McClusky,  J.  A.  P.  McGaw,  W.  E.  Mack.  J.  !T.  :\liller.  D.  C. 
Milner,  J.  S.  Poage,  W.  M.  Pocock,  W.  H.  Rogers,  A.  T.  Robert-on.  -!.  E.  Stevoi.- 
son,  S.  H.  Weller,  H.  C.  White. 

PENNSYLVANIA— J.  R.  Agnew.  J.  H.  Baird,  W.  G.  Bell.  T.  A.  Bracken, 
E.  S.  Brownlee,  C.  H.  Bruce  J.  S.  Car«tliers,  W.  P.  Cochran.  J.  M.  Dinsmore, 
C.  H.  Dunlap,  E.  P.  Dunlap,  F.  P.  Dunlap,  F.  B.  EA-eritt.  W.  R.  Fulton,  G.  P. 
Hays,  R.H.Jackson,  H.  C.  Keelev,  M.  E.  Krotzer,  James  Lafferty,  I.  P.  McCurdy, 
G.  W.  McMillan.  W.  B.  Montgomery.  Eben  :Muse.  W.  :\I.  Newton.  H.  ^kl.  Paynter, 
P.  Read,  D.  S.  Schaff,  Geo.  K.  Scott,  W.  F.  Shields,  N.  H.  Smith,  J.  R.  Steven- 
son, C.  L.  Thompson,  Josiah  Thompson,  J.  W.  Van  Eman.  J.  B.  Welty,  J.  A. 
Whitaker.  D.  A.  Wilson,  G.  P.  Wilson,  James  Young. 

SOUTH  CAROLINA— H.  A.  Hymes,  George  ]Miller. 

TENNESSEE— C.  Eradshaw,  J.  H.  Byers'^  E.  :\I.  Halbert,  L.  J.  Matthews, 
C.  C.  McGinley,  S.  W.  Mitchell,  O.  G.  Morton.  G.  A.  M.  Renshaw,  A.  G.  Taylor. 

VER:\I0NT— G.  P.  Beard,  Hiram  Chamberlain,  W.  F.  Matthews,  Benton 
Pixlev. 

VIRGINIA— B.  M.  Hobson,  T.  A.  Clagett.  B.  F.  Powelson,  J.  V.  A.  Woods. 
W.  G.  Thomas.  Robt.  Glenn.  J.  G.  Fack'ler. 

WEST  VIRGINIA— C.  P.  Blayney,  W.  G.  Pollock.  J.  F.  Watkins. 

BRAZII^-A.  E.  Vanorden. 

CANADA— A.  IMcLaren.  D.  INIcNaushton. 

ENGLAND  AND  WALES— Wm.  Carter.  Jos.  Clements.  R.  C.  Bailey,  John 
Hancock.  F.  W.  Hinitt.  W.  H.  Hyatt.  A.  J.  Johnson.  T.  H.  Jones,  Jos.  Mayou. 
W.  T.  Wardle. 

GER^L\NY^— C.  H.  Fueller,  C.  H.  Heckmann.  Fred.  Lippe.  H.  Stauss,  E. 
Wachter. 

IRELAND— Wilson  Asdale,  A.  A.  Boyd.  J.  F.  Hendy.  Jos.  Piatt,  Josiah 
^\roore.  Wm.  Semple. 

NOVA  SCOTIA— D.  R.  Crockett. 

SWITZERLAND— P.  P.  Briol. 

SCOTLAND— Alex.  Walker.  A.  ^^IcDouffall. 


COLLEGE  ALUMNI. 

ALLEGHENY^— C.  H.  Bruce.  1879  . 

AMHERST— G.  W.  Goodale,  '48 :  L.  Dudley,  '51 :  P.  Read.  '59. 

BELOIT— C.  C.  Kimball,  '59. 

BIRMINGHAM.  ENG.— J.  Clements,  'Gl-62. 

BLACKBURN  UNIV.— .J.  M.  Ross,  '86. 

CARROLI^C.  L.  Thompson,  '58. 

CENTER— R.  L.  jMcAfoe:  Jos.  Piatt,  '34;  J.  Montgomery,  '35:  R.  H.  Allen, 
'39;  J.  W.  Wallace.  '40:  J.  T.  Lapsley,  '39;  I.  W.  Canfield,  -44:  W.  H.  Pawling, 
'45:  G.  Eraser,  '53:  S.  W.  Mitchell,  '57;  G.  Miller.  '57:  E.  Muse,  '60;  J.  F. 
Hendy,  '02:  J.  Barbee:  F.  R.  Farrand,  '78;  M.  B.  W.  Granger.  '78;  D.  L. 
Lander;  J.  L.  MeKee,  '83:  J.  T.  Boyer,  90;  H.  A.  Brown,  '91 :  T.  M.  Cornelison, 
'93. 

DARTMOUTH— Timothy  Hill,  '42. 

DELAWARE — T.  A.  Wliitaker,  '52. 


MINISTERIAL  NATIVITY.  77 

DES  PERES  INSTITUTE— J.  M.  Chaney,  '52. 

DICKIXSOX— W.  P.  Cochran.    •27 ;  J.  K.  Agnew,  '29. 

DRUKY— J.  H.  Allin;  W.  H.  \Vieinan,  '80;  E.  W.  Clippinger,  '92. 

EDINBURGH  UNIV.— Wm.  \\eatherstone,  '70. 

ECOLE  PREPAHATUIRE  DE  GENEVE— A.  E.  Vanorden,  '92. 

ELIZABETH  GYMNASIUM,  BRESLAU— F.  Lippe,  '52. 

FIRTH,  ENG.— R.  C.  Bailey. 

FRANKLIN— \V.  R.   Fulton,  '43;   G.  L.   Engler,  '97. 

HAMILTON— II.  A.  Nelson,  '40;  H.  D.  Jenkins,  '04. 

HANOVER— R.  S.  Symington,  '40;  J.  F.  Biuner,  '40;  R.  S.  Reese,  '50;  W. 
M,  Cheever:  L.  I.  Drake.  "53;  R.  Irwin,  '54;  J.  B.  Vawter,  '59;  W.  G.  Thomas, 
'60;  S.  M.  Irwin;  S.  T.  McClure,  .'02 ;  T.  J.  May,  '74;  W.  A.  Cravens,  '75;  R.  R. 
Marquis.  70-78;  W.  M.  Baird,  "85;  H.  II.  Shawhan,  '90. 

HARVARD— W.  F.  Price,  '80. 

HEIDELBERG,  0— W.  McCaughey,  '56. 

HIGHLAND  UNIV.— W.  H.  ^^■ieman. 

ILLINOIS— G.  W.  Harlan,  '40. 

ILLINOIS  WESLEYAN  UNIV.— S.  M.  Ware,  '79. 

INDIANA  STATE  UNIV.— J.  C.  Thornton,  '48. 

INSTITUTE  EVANGELIQUE  (Glay  France)— P.  P.  Briol. 

JEFFERSON— I.  W.  K.  Handy,  34;  T.  A.  Bracken,  '42;  W.  M.  Reed;  J. 
H.  Baird,  "43:  Josiah  Thompson,  '45;  H.  M.  Paynter,  '47;  R.  H.  Jackson,  '55; 
G.  Eraser.  '50;  W.  G.  Keadv,  "50;  G.  P.  Havs,  '57. 

leANSAS  STATE  AGRICULTURAL  COLLEGE— M.  E.  Krotzer. 

KANSAS  STATE  UNIVERSITY^— H.  H.  Shawhan,  '83-84;  A.  E.  Ward- 
ner,  Jr.,  '98. 

IvNOX— C.  V.  Monfort,  '61;  W.  M.  Newton,  '02;  John  B.  Hill,  '81. 

LAFAYETTE— D.  Coulter,  '38;  I.  P.  McCurdv,  '80. 

LIVERPOOL  COLL.  INSTITUTE.  ENG.— T.  H.  Jones. 

LONDON  UNIVERSITY  COLLEGE- Wm.  Weatherstone. 

MANITOBA— A.  McLaren,  '81. 

:\IARIETTA — T.  V.  Barks,  '45 ;  W.  J.  Leo,  '02. 

MARSHALL— D.  A.  Wilson,   45. 

:\1ARY\'1LLE— C.  Bradshaw.  E.  P.  Noel,  G.  A.  M.  Renshaw,  I.  B.  Ricketts, 
B.  Rvland,  A.  G.  Tavlor,  J.  V.  A.  Woods,  C.  C.  Hembree,  '77  ;  C.  C.  McGinley,  '91. 

'masonic  college.  KY.— J.  T.  Leonard,  '48. 

ilcGILL  UNIV.— P.  P.  Briol. 

MICHIGAN  UNIV.— W.  F.  Matthews,  '70. 

MIDDEBURY— E.  Hollister,  '10;  H.  Chamberlain,  '22. 

:ill A:\II  UNIV.— C.  Sturdevant,  '32;  W.  H.  Rogers,  '35;  H.  L.  Brown,  '55; 
H.  M.  Shocklev.  'oo;  J.  A.  P.  McGaw,  '50;  Wm.  Coleman,  '00;  W.  H.  Hillis,  "65. 

MONMOUTH — Tosiah  :\loore.  '05. 

MOUNT  PLEASANT — I.  B.  Weltv,  '05-09. 

MUSKINGU:M— II.  C.  white. 

NORTH  CAROLINA  I'NIV.— B.  :M.  Hobson,  '37. 

PARDEE— Duncan  Brown.  "08. 

PARK— W.  IT.  Wienian:  S7  C.  Bates,  '77-82;  W.  E.  Voss,  '84;  M.  E.  Krot- 
zer, "90;  C.  C.  McKinnev.  "98. 

PARSONS— Wm.  Carter.  '01. 

PENNA.  STATE  N0R:MAL--I.  P.  :\IcCurdv.  '75;  W.  F.  Shields. 

PRINCETON  UNIV.— A.  V.  C.  Schenck,  '43;  W.  R.  Henderson,  '67:  W.  E. 
Mack.  71  ;  F.  B.  Everitt.  "86;  Walter  Havs,  '91  :  P.  B.  Jenkins,  '94. 

Ql' REN'S  COLLEGE.   IRELAND— A.  A.  Bovd,  '87. 

RIPLEY — T.  S.  Poage,  "42. 

ROTTERDAM— C.  H.  Heckmann. 

RUTGERS — T.  Mavou.  '55;  J.  J.  Brown,  '60. 

SEDALTA  UNIV.— Wm.  Sickles.   84-87. 

SOUTH  CAROLINA  UNIV.— H.  A.  Hvmes,  '86. 

SOI'THWESTERN  PRESBYTERIAN  l^NIV.— T.  A.  Clagctt,  '95. 

TROY  UNIV.— Robt.  Glenn.  G.  H.  Williamson. 


78  CHRONOLOGICAL  REGISTER. 

UNION— H.  P.  Goodrich.  "26 ;  J.  B.  Allen,  '40 ;  W.  H.  Smith,  '41 :  A.  Mc- 
Doiigall.  '51 :  C.  D.  Nott,  '54;  J.  C.  Taylor,  '58;  D.  K.  Steele,  '01 ;  G.  A.  Beattie, 
'63:  H.  C.  Stanton.  '67. 

VANDERBILT— 0.  G.  Morton,  '70. 

VERMILLION  INSTITUTE— J.  S.  Caruthers,  '70. 

VERMONT  UNIV.— G.  P.  Beard,  '60. 

VICTORIA  UNIV..  ENG.— W.  H.  Hyatt. 

WABASH— H.  C.  Hovev.  '53:  L.  RaiUbaek.  '02:  W.  E.  Loucks :  L.  P.  Cain. 

WASHINGTON  AND  JEFFERSON  (including  Washington  College)  — 
W.  G.  Bell,  '35;  Jas.  Young,  '49;  W.  M.  Reed:  J.  M.  Dinsmore;  R.  H.  Jackson, 
'55 ;  G.  K.  Scott,  '55 :  Josiah  Thompson.  '55 ;  W.  G.  Keadv.  '56 :  G.  P.  Hays,  '57  ; 
J.  W.  Allen,  '00 :  J.  Laffertv,  60  B.  F.  Powelson,  '60 :  L.  M.  Belden,  '6l";  C.  H. 
Dunlap.  '01  :  A.  W.  Colver,  '60:  D.  C.  Milner,  '66:  C.  P.  Blavney,  '69;  J.  Herron, 
'69;  J.  W.  Van  Eman,  '71 ;  G.  P.  Wilson,  '77  :  W.  G.  Pollock,  '78;  J.  R.  Steven- 
son, '86 :  E.  S.  Brownlee,  '86 :  Walter  Hays.  '90. 

WASHINGTON  AND  LEE  UNIV.— J.  S.  Van  Meter,  71. 

WASHINGTON  UNIV.,  ST.  LOUIS— 0.  W.  Gauss,  '63. 

WAYNESBURG— D.  R.  Crockett. 

WESTERN  RESERVE— S.  G.  Clark.  '43:  A.  Carroll.  '58:  H.  C.  Keelev.  '84. 

WESTERN  UNIV.— W.  Asdale,  '73. 

WESTMINSTER.  MO.— 0.  Fueller.  '61:  J.  F.  Watkins.  '68-70:  G.  F. 
Ayres.  '87:  F.  W.  Hinitt,  '89:  Wm.  Sickels,  '90;  W.  F.  Van  der  Lippe,  '90;  J. 
D.   Catlin,   '94. 

WESTMINSTER.  PA. — losiah  Moore.  '00;  C.  H.  Dunlap.  '61. 

WILLIA?*IS— A.  Pomerov.   21. 

WITTEMBERG— S.  H.  Weller,  '58 :  R.  Dodd,  '66 ;  J.  H.  Miller.  '68. 

WOOSTER  LTNIV.— W.  ^I.  Pocock.  '74 :  R.  R.  Marquis.  'SO :  H.  M.  Camp- 
bell, '87  :  E.  P.  Dunlap,  '87  :  W.  T.  Wardle,  87 :  E.  W.  ]McCluskv :  W.  B.  Chan- 
cellor. '90. 

YALE— D.  S.  SchaflF.  '73. 

YELLOW  SPRINGS— Hiram  Hill.  '57. 


SEMINARY  ALUMNI. 

ANDOVER— A.  Jones,  1821;  A.  Pomeroy,  '25;  E.  Hollister,  "30:  H.  Cham- 
beiSlain.  '25;  J.  V.  Barks,  '48;  G.  W.  Harlan,  '51;  J.  C.  Taylor.  '61;  W.  F. 
Price.  '83. 

AUBURN— H.  A.  Nelson,  '46:  A.  McDougall,  '54;  J.  C.  Taylor,  '58-59;  P. 
Read,  '62 :  Hiram  Hill,  '61 :  H.  D.  Jenkins,  '64-65 ;  C.  C.  INIcGinley,  '94 :  G.  L. 
Engler.   1901. 

BELFAST— A.  A.  Boyd. 

BURLINGTON— G.  H.  Williamson. 

COLU:\IBIA.  S.  C— W.  H.  Smith,  '44. 

DANVILLE— J.  H.  Clark,  '50:  Geo.  Miller,  '60:  S.  W.  Mitchell,  '60;  E 
Muse,  '00-61:  J.  Barbee:  J.  H.  Bvers.  '04;  F.  Lippe,  '64-66:  J.  F.  Hendy,  '65; 
Reul  Dodd.  '09:  D.  R.  Crockett.  '76:  J.  S.  Van  Meter,  '78-80:  W.  E.  Voss,  '81- 
83;  M.  B.  W.  Granger,  '88;  J.  T.  Boyer,  '90-92;  H.  A.  Biown,  '94. 

DUBUQUE— H.  Stauss. 

ECOLE  DE  THEOLOGIE  DE  GENEVE---A.  E.  Vanorden.  '96. 

HARTFORD— J.  B.  Allen.  '43. 

LANCASTER— J.  B.  Welty,  '72. 

LANE — T.  V.  Barks.  '45-47  :  W.  ^L  Cheevcr.  43 :  J.  S.  Poage :  H.  C.  Hovey. 
♦57:  W.  M.  Newton.  '65:  L.  Railsback,  '67:  W.  J.  Lee.  08:  H.  L.  Brown.  '67; 
O.  G.  Morton.  '81  :  W.  H.  Wieman.  '83:  S.  C.  Bates,  '85:  W.  T.  Wardle.  '90; 


MINISTERIAL  NATIVITY.  79 

M.  £.  Krotzer,  '90-91;  P.  Heiligmann,  91;  G.  B.  Sproule. 

McCORMICK  (including  New  Albany  and  Xorthwestein) — J.  F.  Biuner, 
'42;  R.  S.  Symington,  '44;  J.  T.  Leonard,  "52;  J.  C.  Thornton;  T.  A.  Bracken; 
L.  I.  Drake,  "55;  H.  M.  Shockley,  '57;  S.  H.  Weller,  '61;  C.  L.  Thompson,  '01; 
W.  G.  Thomas,  "62 ;  J.  \V.  Allen,  '03 ;  C.  H.  Dunlap,  '04 ;  A.  Carroll,  '65 ;  A.  W. 
Colver,  '69;  W.  R.  Henderson,  '70;  W.  E.  Voss,  '84;  S.  M.  Ware,  '84;  M.  B.  W. 
Granger,  '85-86;  W.  M.  Baird,  '88;  J.  R.  Stevenson,  '89;  J.  M.  Ross,  '89;  J.  L. 
McKee,  P.  G.,  "90;  G.  F.  Ayres,  '91;  F.  W.  Hinitt,  '92;  E.  W.  McClusky,  '92; 
M.  E.  Krotzer,  '93;  W.  F.  Yander  Lippe,  '93;  Wni.  Sickels  '93;  L.  P.  Cain,  '94; 
Wm.  Carter,  '94;  Walter  Hays  "94;  E.  W.  Clippinger,  '95;  T.  M.  Cornelison, 
'90;  A.  E.  Vanorden,  P.  G..  '1»6;  J.  D.  Catlin,  "J7  ;  W.  B.  Chancellor,  '99;   C. 

C.  McKinnev.    1898-1900:    A.   E.   Wardner,  Jr.,    1901. 

MONMOUTH— Josiah  iloore,  '07. 

NEW  BRUNSWICK— C.  D.  Nott,  ",58 ;  J.  Mayou,  '58 ;  J.  J.  Brown,  '65-06. 

OXFORD.  0— J.  A.  P.  McGaw,  '58. 

PRINCETON— R.  Glenn,  '15-17;  H.  Chamberlain,  '23-24;  H.  P.  Goodrich, 
'26;  W.  P.  Cochran,  '27  ;  G.  Hickman,  '30-32 ;  J.  R.  Agnew,  '32;  I.  W.  K.  Handy, 
'34-35;  W.  G.  Bell,  35-37;  J.  Montgomery,  '38;  Jos.  Piatt,  H.  11.  Cambern,  '39; 

D.  Coulter.  '41;  J.  T.  Lapslev,  '41;  J.  W.  Wallace,  '45;  A.  V.  C.  Schenck,  '46; 
W.  H.  Pawling.  '47-48;  H.  MVPaynter,  '49-51;  D.  A.  Wilson,  '49-51;  I.  W.  Can- 
field,  '50;  J.  H.  Clark.  '53-54;  J.  M.  Chaney,  '56;  G.  W.  McMillan,  '57;  C.  L. 
Thompson,  '58-60:  J.  F.  Hendv,  '62-64;  C.  Fueller,  '64;  G.  A.  Beattie,  '67;  F. 
Lippe,  '67:  J.  Laifertv,  '70:  W.  R.  Henderson,  '70-71:  D.  Brown,  '71;  J.  H. 
Miller,  '71:  H.  C.  Staiiton,  '73:  W.  E.  Mack,  '74;  J.  Herron,  '76;  S.  D.  Jewell, 
'78;  W.  F.  Price,  '80-81 :  J.  S.  Van  Meter,  '81 ;  I.  P.  McCurdy,  '80-82;  J.  L.  Mc- 
Kee, '86 :  H.  M.  Cambpell,  '90;  E.  P.  Dunlap,  '90;  F.  B.  Everitt, '90 ;  A.  A. 
Boyd;  H.  H.  Shawhan,  '91-93  :  H.  A.  Hjanes,  '92 :  J.  T.  Bover,  '94 ;  P.  B.  Jenkins, 
'97 ;  T.  A.  Clagett,  1900. 

QUEEN'S,  TORONTO— McLaren.  '81-82. 

SAN  FRANCISCO— A.  T.  Robertson.  '75-77 ;  P.  P.  Briol,  '87. 

UNION.  N.  Y— J.  B.  Allen,  '40-41;  A.  Y.  C.  Schenck,  '43-44;  Timothv  Hill, 
'45;  L.  Dudley,  '54;  C.  D.  Nott,  '55-56:  J.  C.  Tavlor.  '59-60;  C.  C.  Kimball,  '62; 
H.  D.  .Jenkins,  '67;  J.  J.  Brown,  ',68;  D.  C.  Milner,  '66-68:  W.  F.  Matthews,  '74: 
D.  S.  Schaff.  '76;  T.  J.  May,  '77 ;  W.  M.  Pocock,  '77;  C.  C.  Hembree,  '80:  A.  Mc 
Laren.  '84:  -John  B.  Hill,  '87;  H.  C.  Keeley,  '87. 

LTNION.  YA— J.  R.  Agnew,  '29-31;  B.  M.  Hobson,  '40:  0.  G.  Morton,  78- 
79;  H.  A.  Hvmes.  '89-91. 

UNION'BIBLICAL— P.  Heiligmann.  '04. 

WESTERN— W.  R.  Fulton,  '43-45:  J.  M.  Dinsmore,  '45-46;  W.  H.  Pawling, 
'45-46:  H.  M.  Paynter,  '47-49:  Josiah  Thompson.  "45-47  ;  Jas.  Young.  '52:  R. 
Irwin.  '57  :  G.  K.  Scott.  '58:  G.  P.  Havs  '58-60:  R.  H.  -Jackson.  '60:  J.  W.  Allen, 
'60-62;  Wm.  Coleman,  '00-02;  E.  Muse.  '02-63:  J.  B.  Yawter.  '62;  L.  M.  Belden. 
'64:  C.  Y.  Monfort.  '04:  C.  H.  Dunlap.  '64:  S.  T.  McClure.  "65;  S.  M.  Irwin,  '65: 
B.  F.  Powelson,  '67:  R.  Dodd,  '66-68:  W.  H.  Hillis,  '68:  J.  S.  Caruthers,  '73;  J. 
W.  Yan  Eman,  '74:  W.  Asdale.  '77:  A.  T.  Robertson,  '78:  C.  P.  Blavney.  '78;  C. 
H.  Bruce.  '79-81:  W.  G.  Pollock.  '81;  G.  P.  Wilson,  "80;  E.  Wachter.  '84;  S. 
M.  Ware,  '81-83:  F.  R.  Fari'and,  '83:  R.  R.  I^Iarquis.  'S3;  H.  M.  Campbell.  '87- 
88:  E.  S.  Brownlcp.  "89:  W.  F.  Shields.  '90. 

WESTERN  RESERYE— S.  G.  Clark,  '46. 

XENIA— 0.  A.  Beattie. 

POST  GRADUATE  THEOLOGICAL  STUDY— G.  F.  Ayres.  S.  C.  Bates,  A. 
W.  Colver,  J.  L.  McKee,  I.  P.  McCurdy,  Y»'.  F.  ^Matthews,  J.  R.  Stevenson,  W.  G. 
Thomas.  A.  E.  Yanorden. 

PRIYATE  COURSE  IN  THEOLOGY.  OR  NONE — T.  II.  Allin.  T.  H.  AUin, 
R.  C.  Bailev,  J.  H.  Baird.  G.  P.  Beard.  S.  B.  Bell.  -Tos.  Clements.  J.  G.  Fackler, 
O.  W.  Gauss  G.  W.  Gnodale.  S.  W.  Griffin.  E.  M.  Halbort.  W.  H.  Hvatt.  T.  H. 
Jones.  W.  G.  Keadv.  D.  L.  Lander.  W.  E.  Loucks.  R.  L.  McAfee.  A.B.  IMartin, 
L.  J.  Matthews.  W.  S.  Mesmer,  L.  R.  Morrison.  W.  P.  Nelson,  W.  M.  Reed,  W.  C, 
Requa.  R.  S.  Reese.  T.  S.  Reeve.  W.  H.  Rogers.  Wm.  Semple.  D.  K.  Steele.  J.  E. 
Stevenson.  A.  G.  T.nvhir.  A.  Walker.  J.  V.  Wntkins  J.  A.  Wliitaker. 


80  CHRONOLOGICAL  REGISTER. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  REGISTER  OF  CANDIDATES  AND 

LICENTIATES. 

PRESBYTERY  OF  UPPER  MISSOURI 

Down  to  the  organization  of  the  Presbytery  of  Lafayette,  Apr.  9,  1857. 

Those  received  as  Candidates  are  marked,  C ;  Licentiates,  L.  In  the  early  Presbyteries 
covering  larger  territory,  those  in  italics  hibored  within  tlie  present  bounds  Of  Kansas  City  Pres- 
bytery.   Those  marked  *  withdrew  or  were  dropped. 

Name  Enrolled  Ch.  or  Pby.  Licensed  Ordained  Dism'd 

Robt  Scott C  Before  orgzn, ..Weston Apr  5, 184.5 Sep  13, 1846 

Sam  M  Irvin    C        "  "     Apr -4, 1845 Oct  4, 1849 

J  Thos  Rankin    C  Apr  1846 Ebenezer Pby  Laf-t 

Luke  Borland L  May  28,  1846 New  York ; Sep  11, 1846 

Richard  H  Allen C  May  29, 1846 Independence ;. Apr  2, 1847 

Thos  A  Bracken L  Oct  13, 1848 W.  Lexington  , Oct  13,  1848 

John  McFarland L  Apr  6, 1849 Blairsville Apr  8, 1849 

W  L  Mitchell    C  Apr  6, 1849 Ebenezer  ; Pby  Laf-t 

A  VCSchncck L  April,  1850 2d  Pby  New  York Jun  8,  1850 

W  Cameron C  Jun  28, 1850 Winchester 

Geo  W  Buchanan C  Jun  28, 1850 Independence *Apr  16, 1853 

Ferd  Flournoy C  Jun  28, 1850 *Oct  14, 1852 

Sam  \V Lambeth C  Sep  27,  1857 Lexington 

Sam  W  Mitchell C  Apr  9, 1852 Ebenezer Pby  Laf-t 

Jas  B  Harbison L  Oct  15,1852 New  Brunswick Oct  17,1852 

I  AV  Canfleld L  Oct  15,1852 Transylvania Oct  17,1852 

Geo  C  Crow L  Oct  22,1853 Washington Nov  4, 18-54 

J  C  Thornton L  Oct  22,1853 New  Albany 3ep  15, 1860 

Cornelius  McCane,...  C  Oct  7, 1854 Savannah Oct  5,1855 

DM  Smith C  Oct  9, 1854 

J  T  Leonard L  Apr  13, 18-5.5 W  Lexington Oct  22, 18-56 

John  M  Rankin C  Apr  15,  ia55 Ebenezer 

Jas  W  Clark L  Jun  20, 1^5.5 Transylvania Jun  22, 1855 

B  S  Reese  C  Apr  11, 18-56 Madison  Pby Apr  14,  ia56 Pby  Laf-t 

J  N  Young L  Sep  27, 1856 Transylvania Nov  16,  18-56 

PRESBYTERY  OF  LAFAYETTE 
Down  to  the  adoption  of  the  Declaration  and  Testimony,  1866. 

W  L  Mitchell  C  at  orgzn Upper  Mo Sep  12, 1857 

S  W  Mitchell Cat  orgzn "  "  Apr  9, 1859 Sep  2-5, 1860 

J  W  Cameron C  at  orgzn Sep  12, 18-57 

J  M  Rankin C  at  orgzn 

Jas  M  Chancy L  Apr  2, 1858 St.  Louis Apr  4, 1858 

F  J  Reichcrt  C  Oct  2,  1858 Independence 

D  W  Lyon L  Oct  10,  1858 Dubuque Apr  20, 1867 

R  S  Reese L  at  orgzn Upper  Mo Jun  4, 1859 

John  H  Huffman C  Apr  9. 1860 Pisgah Died 

Georcje  Miller        L  Sep  22,  1860 Transylvania  Nov  4, 1860 

P  Arnold L  Sep  22,  1860 Montgomery  : 

Joshua  Barbae L  Apr  13, 1866 Transylvania Oct  9. 1866 

PRESBYTERY  OF  LAFAYETTE. 
After  Reorganization  (Assembly  Party.) 

Thos  B  McHarg C  Oct  10. 1867 *8ep  25;  1868 

A  J  Johnson L  Apr  4,  1868 Sydney Sep  25, 1868 

PRESBYTERY  OF  OSAGE 
Down  to  the  Reunion. 

Enos  M  Halhert C  Apr  27.  1866 North  Prairie Apr  28, 1866 Oct  12.  1867 

LJ  Matthews C  Oct  12, 1867 Apr  4, 1869 

Ham  E  Taylor C  Apr  1-5, 1870 Butler 


CANDIDATES  AND  LICENTIATES.  81 

PRESBYTERY  OF   OSAGE 
After  Reunion. 

Name  Enrolled  Ch.  or  Pby.  Licensed  Ordained  Dism'd 

John  W  Talbot  C  Sep  -'iJ,  ls7(i       Pleasant  Hill  Ch Sep  Ls,  ls;i 

Jos  H  France  C  Oct  1-"),  iSTn Sedalia  1st  Ch Apr  21, 1S71 Sep  18, 1871 

Francis  hollock C  Apr  21, 1871 : *Apr  12. 1876 

W  H  Miller  (cord)....  L  Sep  24, 1871 W  Lexington *Apri;i.  1878 

Chas  A  Holm C  Oct  ft,  1871 Greenwood  Ch Aprl2, 1877 Aprl2, 1877 

Duncan  Brown L  Apr  2(>,  1872 Palmyra Apr  23, 1872 

Alex  Walker L  Apr  22, 1870 Indep  Ch  England Apr23, 1872 

H  Stauss L  Apr  15, 1874 Wisconsin  River Apr  15, 1874 

Jas  Mitchell C  Apr  15, 1874 K  C  First  Ch Sep  10, 1874 Apr  15, 1875 

J  FBruner,  M  D C  ApV  1(5, 1874 Apr  17, 1875 

J  W  Talbot L  Sep  9, 1874. Transylvania Apr  12. 1876 

W  H  Wieman C  Sep  9, 1874 Lexington  Ch Jun  27, 1883 Sep  13, 1883 

Wm  P  Baker L  Sep  15, 1875 Neosho ., Oct  18, 1878 

Farel  Hart L  Sep  13,1876 Chicago Dec5, 1876 

Chas  P  Blayney L  Dec  5, 1878 ^Yashington Dec  5, 1878  

B  D  Luther L         ?  Apr  9. 1879 

A  T  Robertson L  Sep  10, 1879 Wooster Sep  11, 1879 

Edgar  Jameson C  Sep  10, 1879 *Aprl4, 1880 

Allan  D  Carlile C  Apr  13, 1881 K  C  Second  Ch Apr  12, 1882 

J  Hays  Allin  ..: C  Sep  18, 1882 Sep  13, 1883 

Jos  H  Hess C  Sep  13, 1882 *Sep  29, 1886 

Geo  M  Caldwell L  Sep  12, 1883 New  Brunswick Oct  22. 1884 

E  E  Stringfleld C  Sep  9, 1881 Salem  Ch Apr  11, 1889 Apr  8. 1890 

Chas  E  MeCane C  Sep  15, 1885 K  C  First  Ch Apr  12, 1888 

H  E  Curry C  Sep  15, 1885 Sedalia  First  Ch *Aprl2, 1888 

A  R  McGlellan C  Sep  16, 1885 *Apr  12, 1888 

Robt  A  Thompson  ....  C  K  C  Second  Ch Apr  14. 1886 "Apr  9, 1890 

John  B  Hill C  K  C  Second  Ch Jun  8, 1886 Apr  9,  1889 

Sam  C  Bates L  Sep  28. 1887 St  Louis Nov  3, 1887 

Horace  C  Keeley L  Sep  28, 1887 New  York Oct  14, 1887 

W  B  Chancellor C  Apr  10, 1889 Clinton  Ch Apr  13, 1898 Jun  8, 1899 

Chas  W  Hays C  May  21 1889 K  C  Second  Ch May  20.1890 Jun 6, 1891 

E  PDunlap L  Sep  24,1890 Woosier Nov  7, 1890 

Chas  H  Davis C  Oct  22, 1890 Jefferson  City  Ch *  Apr  14, 1897 

J  R  Stevenson L  Dee  9. 1890 Chicago Dec  31, 1890 

G  E  Keithley C  Jun  16. 1891 Salt  Springs  Ch May  8, 1894 

Andrew  A  Boyd L  Dec  17, 1891 Phila.  Central Dec  17, 1891 

F  W  Hinitt L  Apr  22, 1892 Upper  Missouri Apr  22, 1892 

Walter  Hays C  Apr  22, 1892 K  C  Second  Ch Aprs.  1893 May  8. 1894 

Wm  Sickels L  May  29, 1893 Chicago Jun  6, 1893 

A  C  V  Skinner L  May  29, 1893 Cayuga Apr  4, 1894 

JC  McFall C  Oct  19,1893 Nevada  Ch *Apr26. 1894 

W  P  Nelson C  ADr4, 1894 Tipton  Ch Apr  5, 1894 May  8. 1894 

A  E  Wardner,  Jr C  Apr  10, 1895 Linwood  Ch May  11, 1900 May  21, 1901 

W  R  Dodd    C  Apr  15. 1896 Sed.  B'way  Ch 

T  M  Cornelison L  Jun  9, 1896 Ebenezer Junl8, 1896 

P  B  Jenkins C  Jun  9, 1896 K  C  Second  Ch Jun 9, 1896 Oct  21, 1897 

C  Lee  Reynolds C  Sep  23, 1896 K  C  Second  Ch Sep  27, 1899 

A  E  Vanorden L  Sep  29, 1897 Chicago Oct  8, 1897 

J  E  Stevenson C  Apr  12, 1899 Raymore  Ch Apr  12, 1899 Jun  1,1900 

Francis  Y  Nichols...    C  May  23, 1899 Clinton  Ch .•; Junl,  1900 

Chas  C  McKinney  ....  L  Sep  26, 1900 Platte  May  3, 1901 


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96  CHRONOLOGICAL  REGISTER. 

CHURCH  GROUPINGS. 

As  far  as  ascertainable  from  the  Minutes  of  the  Presbytery  and  of  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly.     (Since  the  Reunion). 

APPLETON  CITY— Westfield,  '73-75;  Schell  City  and  Prosperity,  76-7; 
Montrose,  '77-9;  Westfield,  '77-82;  Deepwater,  '86-8;  Montrose,  '88-91;  West- 
field,  '92 ;  Schell  City,  '94-5 ;  Pastor-at-Large,  '96ff . 

AULLVILLE— Lexington,  '74. 

AUSTIN— Creighton,  '72-85. 

BELTON — Raymore  and  Pleasant  Hill. 

BETHEL — Freeman,  "73;  Greenwood  and  Ebenezer  (Raymore)  '77-9;  Free- 
man and  Sharon  '79-80. 

BROWNINGTON— Osceola,  '75;  Osceola  and  Westfield,  '76-7;  Osceola,  77- 
91;  Deepwater  since  '91.. 

BUTLER— Lone  Oak,  '72-4. 

CALIFORNIA— High  Point,  '71. 

CENTERVIEW — Warrensburg,  '74;  Sharon,  '82;  Greenwood,  '84-6;  Malta 
Bend,  '89;   Greenwood,  '91-3;   Pastor-at-Large,  '95-7,  '98-9;    Knobnoster,  '99. 

CLINTON— Warsaw  and  Sunny  Side,  '74;  Montrose,  '76. 

CREIGHTON— Austin,  72-3;  Freeman  and  East  Lynne,  '77;  Austin,  '78- 
85;  Greenwood,  "88-9;  Montrose,  '92;  Raymore,  '93;  Centerview,  '96;  Pastor-at- 
Large,  '97ff. 

DEEPWATER  ( OLD ) —Montrose,  '71-3. 

DEEPWATER— Westfield  and  Montrose,  '86;  Westfield,  "87-91;  Browning- 
ton,  '91. 

DREXEL^-Sharon,  '92-7 ;  Sharon  and  Fairview,  '98. 

EL  DORADO  SPRINGS— Schell  City  and  Providence,  '84;  Schell  City, 
'87-8;  Schell  City  and  Rockville,  '89;  Schell  City,  '91-2;  Montrose,  '93-5;  Pastor- 
at-Large,  '98ff. 

FAIRVIEW — Lone  Oak,  '95-6;  Lone  Oak  and  Sehell  City,  *96-7;  Sharon 
and  Drexel,  '97ff. 

FREEMAN — Bethel,  '73;  Creighton  and  East  Lynne,  '77;  Sharon,  78-9; 
Sharon  and  Bethel,  '79-80;  Sharon,  81. 

GREENWOOD— Kingsville,  '71;  Raymore,  '73;  Pleasant  Hill,  '74;  Ray- 
more and  Bethel,  '77-9;  Raymore,  '84;  Centerview,  '84-6;  Creighton,  '88-6; 
Knobnoster  and  Salem,  '90 ;  Centerview,  '90-3 ;  Pastor-at-Large. 

HIGH  POINT— California,  '71;  Tipton,  '86-7;  Pastor-at-Large,  '92-8;  Tip- 
ton, '98ff. 

HUME — Rockville. 

KNOBNOSTER— Lamonte,  '71-80;  Sunnyside,  '79;  Salem,  '81-9;  Salem 
and  Greenwood,  '90 ;  Salem,  '90-98 ;  Centerview,  '99. 

KANSAS  CITY  FOURTH— Walrond  Ave  Mission  ,'93ff;  Hill  memorial, '98. 

KANSAS  CITY,  HILL  MEMORIAL^Fourth,  '98. 

"KINGSVILLE— Greenwood,  '71. 

LAMONTE— Knobnoster,  '72-80. 

LA YNESVILLE— Malta  Bend  '79;  Malta  Bend  and  Salt  Springs,  '79-83. 

LEXINGTON— A ullville,  '74. 

LITTLE  OSAGE— iSchell  City,  Prosperity  and  Nevada,  '77. 

LONE  OAK— Butler,  '72-4;  Schell  City  and  Montrose,  '77-9;  Rockville, 
'82-4;  Rockville  and  Montrose,  '84;  Rich  Hill,  '87;  Sharon,  89;  Fairview  and 
Sehell  City,  "95-0 ;  Pastor-at-Large,  '93-4,  '99flF. 

LOWRY  CITY— Westfield,  '93. 

MALTA  BEND— Salt  Springs,  '75-9;  Salt  Springs  and  Laynesville,  '79-82; 
Salt  Springs.  '83-G ;  Centerview,  '89 ;  Pastor-at-Large,  '92 ;  Salt  Springs,  '98-9. 

MONTBOSE— Deepwater,  '71-3;  Appleton  City,  '74-7;  Schell  City  and 
Lone  Oak,  77-9:  Appleton  City.  '79;  Brownington,  '79;  Osceola,  '81;  Schell 
City,  '82:  Lone  Oak  and  Rockville,  '84:  Schell  City  and  Providence,  '84-5; 
Westfield  and  Deepwater,  '80:  Appleton  City,  '88-91;  El  Dorado  Springs,  '93-5; 
Pastor-at-Large,  '9Gff. 


CHURCH   GROUPINGS.  97 

NEVADA — Sehell  City,  Prosperity  and  Little  Osage,  77;  Prosperity,  77-9. 

OSCEOLA — Browingtou,  75;  Browington  and  Westfield,  76-7;  Browning- 
ton,  78-80;  Montrose,  '81;  Brownington,  "82-91;  Vista,  '92ff. 

OTTERVILLE— Smithton,  71-2. 

PLEASANT  HILL — Greenwood,  74;  Southern  Church,  77;  Greenwood 
and  Raymore,  79-80;  Raymore,  '81-2;  Southern  Church,  SSff. 

PLEASANT  PRAIRIE— Sunnyside  and  Windsor,  '80;  Sunnyside  and 
Warsaw,  '81-2. 

PROSPERITY— Appleton  City  and  Sehell  City,  '7C-7;  Sehell  City,  Nevada 
and  Little  Osage,  '77;  Nevada,  '78-9;  Rockville,  '85. 

PROVIDENCE— Sehell  City  and  El  Dorado  Springs,  '84;  Sehell  City  and 
Montrose,  '85. 

RAYMORE— Greenwood  and  Bethel,  77-9;  Pleasant  Hill,  79-82;  Green- 
wood, '84;  Creighton,  '93. 

RICH  HILI^-Rockville,  '82;  Lone  Oak,  '87. 

ROCKVILLE— Rich  Hill,  '82;  Lone  Oak,  '83-4;  Lone  Oak  and  Montrose, 
'84 ;  Prosperity,  "85 ;  El  Dorado  Springs  and  Sehell  City,  '89. 

SALEM — Knobnoster,  '81-9;  Knobnoster  and  Greenwood,  '90;  Knob- 
noster,  '91-8. 

SALT  SPRINGS— Malta  Bend,  '75-9;  Malta  Bend  and  Laynesville,  79-83; 
Malta  Bend,  '83-G;   Saline   (Southern),   ,  Pastor-at-Large,  '92,  '99. 

SCHELL  CITY— Appleton  City  and  Prosperity,  7G-7 ;  Nevada,  Prosper- 
ity and  Little  Osage,  '77;  Montrose  and  Lone  Oak,  '77-9;  Montrose,  82;  Pro- 
vidence and  El  Dorado  Springs,  '84 ;  Montrose  and  Providence,  '84-5 ;  El  Dorado 
Springs,  '87-8;  El  Dorado  Springs  and  Rockville,  89-91;  El  Dorado  Springs, 
'91-2;  Appleton  City,  '94-G;  Pastor-at-Large,  '9Gff. 

SHARON — Freeman,  '78-9;  Freeman  and  Bethel,  79-80;  Centerview,  '82; 
Lone  Oak,  '89-00 ;  Drexel,  '92-8 ;  Drexel  and  Fairview,  '98ff. 

SMITHTON— Otterville,  '71-2. 

SUNNY'SIDE— Warsaw,  72-3;  Warsaw  and  Clinton,  74;  Windsor,  75; 
Warsaw,  '78-9 ;  Windsor,  79 ;  Knobnoster,  '79 ;  Pleasant  Prairie  and  Windsor, 
'80;  Pleasant  Prairie,  Windsor  and  Warsaw,  '81-3;  Warsaw,  '84-92;  Pastor- 
at-Large,  '92-8 ;  Warsaw,  '98ff. 

TIPTON— High  Point,  '86-7,  '9G,  '98:  Versailles  (Southern),  "99;  High 
Point.  00. 

VISTA— Osceola.  '92ff. 

WARRENSBURG— Centerview,  '74. 

WARSAW — Sunnyside,  '72-3;  Sunnyside  and  Clinton,  '74;  Sunnyside, 
'78-9 ;  Sunnyside  and  Windsor,  '79 ;  Sunnyside,  Pleasant  Prairie  and  Windsor, 
'81-3;  Sunnyside,  '84-92:  Pastor-at-Large.  "92-8;  Sunnyside,  '98ff. 

WESTFIELD— Appleton  City,  '73-5;  Osceola  and  Brownington,  '7G-7 ; 
Appleton  City.  '77-82:  Deepwater,  '8G-91 ;  Appleton  Citv,  92;  Lowry  City,  '93flf. 

WINDSOR— Sunnyside,  '75.  '79;  Sunnyside  and  "^  Pleasant  Prairie,  '80; 
Sunnyside,  Pleasant  Prairie  and  Warsaw  '81. 


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SKETCHES  OF  PRESBYTERIES, 


HARMONY  MISSION  AND  THE   FIRST  PRESBYTERY  OF 

OSAGE. 

The  following  sketch  is  mainly  a  condensation  of  a  paper  read  by 
the  Rev.  Timothy  Hill,  D.  D.,  at  the  meeting  of  the  Presbytery  of 
Osage,  held  at  Osceola,  Sept.  23,  1885.* 

In  the  year  1819  the  United  Foreign  Mission  Society  sent  two 
men  as  exploring  agents  among  the  Indians  in  what  was  then  known 
as  Missouri  Territory.  In  the  prosecution  of  their  work  they  had  an 
interview  wilh  several  chiefs  of  the  Osage  Indians,  and  arranged  for  a 
Mission  among  them.  They  finally  selected  a  site  for  their  Mission  on 
the  west  side  of  the  Grand  River,  about  20  miles  above  Fort  Gibson, 
in  the  present  Cherokee  country.  This  is  the  first  notice  we  have  of 
the  Osages  as  attracting  the  attention  of  Christian  people,  or  any 
endeavors  to  carry  the  Gospel  to  them. 

The  Osages  were  a  tribe  of  Indians  that  claimed  and  occu- 
pied, as  wandering  hunters  do,  the  region  south  of  the  Kansas 
River  to  the  Arkansas,  thus  embracing  a  considerable  portion  of  what 
is  now  Western  Missouri,  Eastern  Kansas,  and  the  territory  now 
occupied  by  the  Cherokee  and  the  Creek  Indians.  Their  numbers  at 
that  time  were  estimated  at  about  8,000.  They  were  divi4ed  into  two 
bands,  one  of  which  had  its  headquarters  in  what  is  now  the  Cherokee 
country,  and  the  other  centered  along  the  Marais  des  Cygnes  River 
of  Missouri.  They  were  wild  Indians,  following  the  chase  and  doing 
little  or  nothing  in  cultivating  the  soil,  and  they  were  almost  constantly 
at  war  with  some  neighboring  Indians. 

A  Mission  company,  consisting  of  nine  men  and  eight  women,  was 
sent  out  by  the  Society  in  the  year  1820  to  establish  a  Mission  among 
the  Osages  of  the  Gnind  River.  Two  of  the  ladies  died  on  the  journey 
out.     *     *     *     * 

Having  made  a  beginning  with  the  Osages  of  the  Grand  River, 
the  Society  decided  to  send  another  company  to  the  Osages  in  Missouri, 
and  a  second  company  was  formed,  which  left  New  York  for  its  des- 
tination, March  7th,  1821.  This  company  was  larger  than  the  one  of 
the  preceding  year,  as  there  were  25  adults  and  16  children  in  the 
group.  There  were  three  ordained  ministers,  Eev.  N.  B.  Dodge,  of 
Underhill,  Vt. ;  Rev.  Benton  Pixley,  of  Williamstown,  Vt.,  and  the 
Rev.  William  B.  Montgomery,  of  Danville,  Pa.     There  were  a  doctor 

♦Another  interesting  account,  apparently  from  a  Missionary  source,  appears  In 
the  History  of  Cass  and  Bates  counties,  1883,  pp.  79C  ff.  See  also  frequent  notices 
In  the  Missionary  Herald,  1821  ff. 


OSAGE.  101 

and  farmers,  mechanics  and  schoolmasters  in  the  company.  This 
company  came  by  way  of  the  Ohio,  Mississippi,  Missouri  and  Osage 
Eivers,  on  keelboats,  but  did  not  all  reach  their  destination — one  of 
the  ladies  dying  on  the  boat  and  being  buried  in  Shawneetown,  111.* 

The  place  selected  for  their  station  was  on  the  Marais  des  Cygnes 
Kiver,  in  what  is  now  Bates  county,  near  Papinville.  To  it  they  gave 
the  name  of  Harmony,  and  the  place  was  known  as  Harmony  Mission. 
They  began  their  preparations  for  winter  by  building  cabins  of  round 
logs  for  shelter.  They  soon  had  a  school  for  Indian  children.  The 
Ministers  began  to  preach  as  best  they  could  by  the  clumsy  aid  of  an 
interpreter,  but  set  themselves  diligently  to  the  work  of  learning  the 
language  in  order  better  to  tell  the  Gospel  message  to  those  to  whom 
they  were  sent.  , 

This  was  no  poetic  Mission  work,  for  the  wandering  and  predatory 
habits  of  the  Indians  rendered  it  exceedingly  difficult  for  the  Mis- 
sionaries to  gain  access  to  them,  and  the  little  instruction  given  was 
soon  forgotten  on  their  hunting  and  predatory  excursions.  The  toil 
and  hardship  of  their  situation  may  be  understood  when  it  is  told  that 
four  of  the  adults  and  five  of  the  children  of  this  group  died  before  they 
had  been  there  one  year. 

In  August,  1822,  a  church  of  twenty  members  was  organized,  con- 
sisting mainly  of  persons  connected  witli  the  Mission  families.  For 
years  they  worked  hard  and  patiently,  keeping  up  a  school,  but  accom- 
plished little  for  the  adults.  Religious  impressions  were  made  upon 
the  children,  but  the  men  were  often  away  on  distant  buffalo  hunts, 
or,  far  worse,  on  murderous  war  parties.  The  Missionaries,  especially 
Montgomery  and  Pixley,  sometimes  accompanied  them  on  their  hunts 
in  order  to  acquire  their  language,  which  they  at  length  acquired  suf- 
ficiently to  preach  in  it.  The  language  was  reduced  to  writing,  and 
small  portions  of  the  Scriptures  wore  translated  into  it. 

The  church  which  was  formed  in  1822  received  but  two  additions 
in  ten  years,  when  their  hearts  were  cheered  by  the  addition  of  eighteen 
persons.  Of  these  five  were  Osages,  three  Delawares,  one  Omaha,  two 
colored,  and  the  remainder  from  the  Mission  families.  The  increase 
was  the  fruit  of  a  precious  revival  in  their  school,  and  such  was  the 
extent  of  it  that  it  was  said,  "walking  out  morning  or  evening  you 
would  hear  the  voice  of  prayer  in  almost  any  direction.^^ 

An  interesting  incident  of  this  school  is  the  fact  that  among  its 
pupils  were  some  who  were  descendants  of  the  Indians  to  whom  David 
Brainerd  preached  in  New  Jersey.  The  mother  of  these  children  re- 
membered Brainerd  well,  said  that  he  lived  among  them,  sleeping  on 
the  ground  on  a  bear  skin,  intent  only  to  tell  them  the  story  of  Christ, 
and  thus  he  won  all  their  hearts. 

•After  a  most  laborious  passage  they  landed  In  Bates  Co.,  Aug.  9,  1821. 


102  SKETCHES  OF  PRESBYTERIES. 

In  1836  the  Mission  was  given  up  and  the  work  for  the 
Indians  abandoned.*  There  were  several  causes  for  this  discouraging 
result,  but  mainly  the  constant  encroachments  of  white  settlers.  The 
Osages  were  not  hostile  to  the  whites,  nor  greatly  addicted  to  intem- 
perance at  first,  but  traders  brought  whisky  and  other  evils  among 
them,  and  at  length  they  were  moved  beyond  the  bounds  of  Missouri. 
Their  frequent  wandering  in  the  chase  and  their  murderous  war  parties 
totally  unfitted  the  adults  for  hearing  and  obeying  the  Gospel.  At 
length  the  people  were  gone  from  their  original  habitations,  and  it 
seemed  useless  to  attempt  to  follow  them  up.  f 

But  although  this  Mission  did  not  accomplish  great  results  for  ihe 
Indians,  it  became  the  center  of  Christian  influence  for  this  portion  of 
the  State  when  the  Indians  were  gone  and  the  white  men  had  their 
place.  In  November,  1833,  the  IMissionaries  in  Harmony  and  Union 
Missions  and  the  Dwight  Mission  of  the  Cherokees,  formed  an  asso- 
ciation which  they  called  the  "^'Indian  Mission  Presbytery." 
This  continued  many  years,,  and  finally,  under  the  name  of  Har- 
mony Presbytery  became  a  part  of  the  Synod  of  Missouri.  In  1846 
the  name  was  changed  by  the  Synod  to  Osage,  which  name  was  perpetu- 
ated by  this  Presbytery  down  to  1887. 

That  Mission  Presbytery  received  and  finally  ordained  Dr.  Marcus 
Palmer,  Amasa  Jones  and  William  C.  Requa.  Mr.  Dodge,  Mr.  Jones, 
Mr.  Pixley  and  Mr.  Reqiia  were  all  commissioned  by  the  American 
Home  Missionary  Societ}^,  and  labored  in  this  region.  Mr.  Pixley  was 
commissioned  Sept.  24,  1831,  for  Independence,  probably  the  first 
regular  preaching  in  that  city.  Mr.  Dodge  was  commissioned  April 
25,  1836,  to  labor  in  the  vicinity  of  Harmony  Mission  Station.  Mr. 
Jones  was  commissioned  April  25,  1836,  to  labor  one-half  time  at  the 
station,  one-quarter  at  Deepwater,  and  one-quarter  at  the  mouth  of 
the  Sac  River,  near  where  Osceola  now  is.     Thus  all  the  region  of  the 

*"In  1826  these  (Union  and  Harmony  Missions)  with  other  Missions  of  that 
Society,  were  transferred  to  the  American  Board,  in  pursuance  of  the  union  then 
consummated  between  the  two  Societies.  At  tliis  time  there  were  only  eleven  per- 
sons connected  with  the  Mission  at  the  Harmony  station.  A  number  of  families 
from  among  the  agricultural  and  lay  members  of  the  original  establishment,  had 
alreadj'  left  in  consequence  of  the  many  and  peculiar  difficulties  attending  the  en 
terprise  :  among  which,  though  not  the  chief,  were  the  inundations  by  which  their 
proi)erty  and  the  products  of  their  labor  were  repeatedly  destroyed.  The  report  of 
the  Board  for  1827  says,  in  reference  to  this  Mission,  that  'no  modern  effort  among 
the  American  Indians  has  been  attended  with  more  trials  of  various  kinds.'  " 

fThe  Missionary  Herald  for  May,  1836,  p.  194  f,  says:  "Owing  to  the  incon- 
venient location  of  the  Union  and  Harmony  stations,  each  being  rorty  or  fifty  miles 
from  the  present  Osage  territory,  It  has  been  thought  expedient  to  discontinue  mis- 
sionary operations  at  both ;  and,  as  the  Osages  are  at  present  In  h  state  very  unfavor- 
able for  enjoying  the  benefit  of  Christian  Instruction,  on  account  of  the  uncertainty 
which  exists  relative  to  their  future  residence.  Rev.  N.  B.  Dodge  and  Messrs,  D.  H. 
Austin  and  A.  Redfield,  with  their  wives,  have  signified  their  desire  to  retire  from 
that  field  of  labor,  and  they  have  accordingly  been  honorably  released  from  further 
service  of  the  Board.  Rev.  A.  Jones  will  for  the  present  labor  In  the  white  settle- 
ments near  Harmony,  though  without  any  immediate  connection  with  the  Board ; 
and  If  there  should  be  a  favorable  opening  among  the  Osages,  he  will  resume  his 
labors."  Such  an  opening  seems  never  to  have  come.  Gradually  the  Harmony 
church  became  disintegrated,  the  Dodges  and  some  others  forming  the  nucleus  of 
the  I.ilttle  Osage  church,  the  Jones  and  Austin  families  that  of  the  Deepwater  church, 
the  Requas  that  of  the  Double  Branches  (Lone  Oak)  church,  and  the  Redflelds  that 
of  the  Marmiton  church.     Descendants  of  all  these  families  stilJ  live  In  that  region. 


OSAGE.  103 

Presbytery  had  its  first  Gospel  tidings  from  these  Indian  Missionaries. 

There  was  another  work  of  this  Home  Mission  Presbytery  which 
has  a  singular  aspect  as  we  see  it  today.  Among  the  persons  brought 
under  the  influence  of  that  Mission  was  a  slave,  who  was  so  devout  a 
Christian  and  so  able  a  man  that  he  was  trained  to  preach  the  Gospel. 
But  even  then  they  did  not  dare  to  recognize  him  as  having  a  name. 
As  a  man  they  simply  called  him  Nicholas,  and  they  hoped  he  would 
ultimately  be  sent  as  a  Missionary  to  Liberia.  His  clerical  life  thus 
begun  enlarged  in  influence,  and  he  sought  ordination  by  the  Presby- 
tery of  Missouri ;  but  there  was  one  man  in  that  Presbytery  who  would 
not  consent  to  ordain  a  colored  man,  and  he  was  refused.  He  went  to 
the  Cumberlands,  who  ordained  him,  and  he  appears  with  a  full  name, 
Nicholas  Carper.  He  became  free;  I  think  through  the  agency  of  the 
Mission,  but  I  have  not  a  full  proof  of  that  as  a  fact.  Having  become 
free,  he  diligently  toiled  until  he  secured  the  freedom  of  his  family, 
and  soon  after  died.  He  was  said  to  be  a  modest  man,  a  pleasant 
speaker  and  an  interesting  preacher.  He  evidently  had  some  humor, 
as  he  said  he  had  heard  that  a  negro  had  no  soul,  but  as  he  was  three- 
quarters  white,  he  thought  he  might  have  three-quarters  of  a  soul. 

From  the  original  Mission  band  came  many  of  the  Elders  and 
most  efficient  workers  of  the  churches  of  this  region,  and  we  are  thus 
vitally  connected  with  it  today.  The  last  of  the  Indian  Missionaries 
to  die  was  the  Eev.  William  C.  Requa,  M.  D.,  a  member  of  the  original 
band  that  came  out  to  the  Osages  of  the  Indian  Territory  in  1820, 
who  died  among  us  in  1886,  aged  93.  The  Missionaries  are  all  gone 
to  the  Heavenly  Land  and  with  them,  we  trust,  some  of  the  Osages 
for  whom  they  toiled  so  long  and  patiently.  But  where  are  the  living 
Osages  today?  What  has  become  of  them?  They  still  live,  number- 
ing several  thousands  yet,  no  longer  a  wandering  band,  but  settled 
down  in  the  Indian  Territory,  not  far  from  where  we  now  are,  and 
they  are  mainly  pagans  still.  When  the  Presbyterian  Church  left 
them,  they  wandered  alone  for  years,  until  the  Roman  Catholics  estab- 
lished a  Mission  among  them,  and  the  present  town  of  Osage  Mission 
in  Kansas  marks  the  locality  of  their  station. 

After  their  removal  to  the  Territory  the  Quakers  did  something 
for  them.  But  the  greater  part  are  pagans  still,  pagans  after  whom  we 
were  named,  whose  fair  lands  we  now  possess,  and  for  whom  the  men 
who  originally  formed  this  Presbytery  toiled  and  prayed.  Dc  we 
owe  them  nothing?  Can  we  leave  them  so  near  us,  so  related  to  us, 
to  grope  their  dark  way  to  a  hopeless  Eternity,  and  do  nothing  for  them  ? 
Is  there  not  a  manifest  duty  for  the  Osage  Presbytery  to  do  something 
for  the  Osages  themselves?  Mr.  Montgomery  died  suddenly  of  cholera 
in  1834,  looking  forward  with  joyous  anticipation,  saying  to  his  atten- 
ant,  "Can  it  be  that  in  less  than  twenty-four  hours  I  shall  be  walking 
the  streets  of  the  New  Jerusalem  ?"  He  rent  messages  to  his  associates 
in  the  Station :  "Tell  thorn  not  to  give  over  to  the  Osages,  and  not  to 
account  any  sacrifices  to  great  for  their  salvation."     Brethren  of  the 


104  SKETCHES  OF  PRESBYTERIES. 

Osage  Presbytery,  does  not  this  message  sent  so  many  years  ago,  reach 
even  to  us,  and  lar.ve  we  not  something  to  do  for  the  Osages  perishing 
in  our  sight,  and  almost  at  our  very  doors  ?  Thus  asked  Dr.  Timothy 
Hill  a  few  months  before  his  death.  But  nothing  has  been  done  by 
the  Presbytery  concerning  the  Osages  since  then  but  to  erase  their 
name  from  the  name  of  the  Presbytery  itself,  and  substitute  for  it 
that  of  Kansas  City.  May  God  forgive  us  and  be  more  merciful 
to  them  and  to  us  than  we  have  been  to  those  poor  dying  heathen  \*^ 

PRESBYTERY  OF  MISSOURI.   (1817-1844). 

Several  unsuccessful  attempts  have  been  made  to  get  permission 
to  read  the  records  of  the  Presbytery  of  Missouri  down  to  the  year 
1844,  when  the  Presbytery  of  Upper  Missouri  was  organized  to  cover 
this  part  of  the  Synod.  Those  records  are  now  in  possession  of  the 
Southern  Church.  After  that  date  a  few  of  the  churches  in  the 
eastern  part  of  our  present  Presbytery  remained  in  the  Presbytery  of 
Missouri.  Except  in  the  churches  of  Boonville  and  Jefferson  City, 
however,  the  latter  Presbytery  never  made  much  impression  upon  this 
territory. 

PRESBYTERY  OF  UPPER  MISSOURI  (1844-1857). 

During  the  period  in  which  the  Presbytery  of  Upper  Missouri 
covered  this  territory  there  was  a  steady  growth  along  all  lines,  bi.t  no 
remarkable  developments.  The  most  noticeable  feature  of  the  work 
was  the  effort  to  get  a  Presbyterial  College.  The  effort  was  first  to 
found  a  Synodical  College.  About  1852  there  was  a  project  to  locate 
it  at  Sweet  Springs,  in  Saline  County;  but  the  friends  of  Richmond, 
Ray  County,  succeeded  in  getting  it  located  there,  the  Synodical  Col- 
lege having  meanwhile  been  located  at  Fulton,  Callaway  County. 
Richmond  College  therefore  fell  under  tLa  control  of  Upper  Missouri 
Presbytery  until  the  division,  when  Upper  Missouri  and  Lafayette 
Presbyteries  had  a  joint  control.  Dr.  John  L.  Yantis  was  its  only 
President,  1855-1859,  In  spite  of  his  vigorous  efforts,  backed  by  the 
two  Presbyteries,  the  scheme  failed  for  lack  of  endowment.  No  doubt 
"the  shadows  of  the  coming  civil  strife  in  the  land  from  1861  to  1865 
bad  a  share  in  the  failure." 

In  the  fall  of  1856  the  Presbytery  of  Upper  Missouri  overtured 
the  Synod  of  Missouri  to  divide  it  into  two  Presbyteries,  Upper  Mis- 
souri and  Lafayette,  with  a  view  to  the  erection  of  a  new  Synod  of 
Upper  Missouri  out  of  these  two  and  a  "Kansas"  Presbytery.  The 
new  Synod  of  Upper  Missouri  was  formed  too  near  the  outbreak  of 
the  Civil  War  to  prosper,  having  a  nominal  existence  only  during  most 
of  its  history,  1857-1864.  In  the  latter  year  the  Presbyteries  of  Upper 
Missouri  and  Lafayette  were  reattached  to  the  Synod  of  Missouri. 

•Considerable  further  information  as  to  tlie  first  Presbytery  of  Osage  is  found 
among  the  slsetches  of  Ministers,  particularly  In  letters  from  .  V.  Barks,  I.  W.  K. 
Handy,  L.  R.  Morrison  and  W.  H.  Smith. 


<  i  i;<  >K( ;  )■;  .mii,i.i;k. 


LAFAYETTE.  105 

LAFAYETTE  PRESBYTERY.  (1857-1870). 

The  Presbytery  of  Lafayette  passed  the  first  few  years  of  its 
existence  in  connection  with  the  Synod  of  Upper  Missouri,  until  that 
Synod  was  dissolved  on  account  of  the  War. 

It  started  out  vigorously  to  prosecute  the  work  within  its  own 
bounds.  Early  efforts  were  made  to  organize  new  churches,  especially 
in  the  southern  part  oi  the  Presbytery,  to  support  the  college  at  Rich- 
mond, to  collect  historical  information  concerning  all  churches  in  its 
bounds  and  concerning  such  ministers  as  had  died  while  serving  them. 
Unfortunately  the  information,  if  any,  gleaned  by  the  Historical  Com- 
mittee, seems  not  to  have  been  preserved.  When,  in  1859,  a  remnant 
of  the  old  Osdge  Presbytery  (N.  S.)  united  with  Lafayette,  a  commit- 
tee of  the  old  Missionaries  was  appointed  to  write  a  history  of  the  Har- 
mony Mission.     That  likewise  seems  to  have  been  lost. 

All  branches  of  the  work  of  this  Presbytery  seemed  to  have  been 
well  pushed,  up  to  the  time  when  the  horrors  of  Civil  War  devastated 
its  fair  territory.  Just  before  that  time  a  young  man  had  joined  it 
Avho  nearly  thirty  years  later  gave  his  reminiscences  at  a  meeting  of 
its  successor,  the  Presbytery  of  Osage.  Extracts  from  that  paper  by 
])r.  Geo.  Miller,  read  at  the  meeting  of  Presb^-tery  in  Holilen,  1888, 
constitute  the  remainder   of  this  notice  of  Lafayette. 

DR.  GEORGE  MILLER'S  REMINISCENCES. 

"You  will  pardon  me  what  may  seem  personal,  for  'Reminis- 
■cences'  must  needs  be  personal.  My  relation  to  this  body  began  with 
my  earliest  ministry  twenty-eight  years  ago. 

"It  seems  in  every  light  but  proper  that  these  Reminiscences 
iihould  especially  emphasize  that  decade  in  our  history,  to  which  all 
before  points,  and  from  which  all  after  radiates,  the  transition  period 
of  the  Church  as  well  as  of  State  historv. 


"In  1861  the  Presbytery  of  Lafayette  embraced  twenty-seven 
counties  in  the  southwest  corner  of  the  State,  extending  from  the  Mis- 
souri River  to  the  Arkansas  line.  It  contained  twenty-one  ministers, 
thirty-four  churches  and  1,478  members.  The  single  county  of  La- 
fayette furnished  650  of  these,  and  the  three  counties  of  Lafayette, 
Jackson  and  Cass  contained  1,100  of  them,  leaving  only  378  members 
of  our  church  in  tlie  remaining  twent3'-four  counties,  an  average  of  less 
than  sixteen  members  per  county. 

"We  only  had  five  churches  and  143  members  within  the  territory 
now  composing  Ozark  Presbytery,  and  only  two  of  these  remain  now 
upon  her  roll.  There  were,  as  nearly  as  we  can  learn,  only  sixteen 
church  buildings  in  these  twenty-seven  counties,   and  eight  of  these 

8 


106         SKETCHES  OF  PEESBYTERIES. 

were  located  in  Lafayette  and  Jackson  Counties,  and  two  of  these  we  o- 
burned  during  the  war. 

"The  last  full  meeting  of  the  Presbytery  prior  to  the  war,  was  held 
in  Longwood  Church,  in  Pettis  Coun^^,  about  ten  miles  north  of  where 
Sedalia  now  stands.  On  our  way  to  that  meeting,  sixty  miles  on  h(n>e- 
back,  we  passed  over  the  site  of  this  flourishing  city  of  Holden,  tlun 
marked  only  by  a  lonely  farm-house,  and  in  company  with  Elder  Jo'm 
Caldwell,  who  two  years  and  five  months  later  was  killed  by  Federal 
troops  near  Westport. 

"It  was  on  the  12th  to  the  15th  days  of  April,  1861.  We  were  in 
session  on  the  day  that  Fort  Sumpter  was  surrendered.  The  sad  news 
reached  us  on  Sabbath  morning,  just  as  we  were  gathering  to  celebrate 
the  Lord's  Supper.  It  was  a  mournful  day,  as  all  felt  that  that  tragic 
event  meant  war — long,  cruel,  and  to  this  State,  bloody,  fratricidal 
war.  What  a  sadly  mournful  and  solemn  scene  in  this  sorely  divided 
State,  as  we  sat  together  for  the  last  time  around  the  Lord's  table !  A 
very  few  of  us  were  pronounced  Union  men,  ftiore  were  outspoken 
Southerners,  and  some  were  then  halting  between  two  opinions,  and  all 
felt  that  we  would  never  meet  in  Presbytery  or  at  the  Lord's  table 
again ;  and  we  never  did. 

"In  the  fall  of  1861  we  were  to  have  met  in  High  Grove  Church, 
on  Little  Blue  Creek,  about  fifteen  miles  southeast  of  Kansas  City,  in 
Jackson  County.  But  when  the  tijne  came,  J.  W.  Wallace,  S.  W. 
Mitchell  and  George  Miller  were  the  only  ministers.  We  met  only  to 
adjourn  and  fly  before  an  armed  band  of  foragers,  of  whose  methods 
discrimination  formed  no  part.  This  little  church  in  the  shady  grove 
was  burned  a  few  months  later  by  Federal  troops  in  supposed  retalia- 
tion, because  they  had  been  fired  upon  from  ambush  in  that  neighbor- 
hood.    ISIot  a  vestige  of  the  organization  remains. 

"In  the  spring  of  1862,  three  ministers  met  in  Pleasant  Hill,  but 
nothing  was  done,  but  adjourn,  to  meet  in  Hopewell  Church,  Octob.T 
2d,  on  a  beautiful  fertile  prairie  about  fifteen  miles  southwest  of  Lex- 
ington, near  the  present  town  of  Odessa.  This  was  the  charge  of  our 
dear  brother,  David  Coulter,  noted  and  loved  for  his  clear-headed 
theology,  deep  piety  and  warm  Christian  spirit.  Besides  tlie  pastor 
J.  W.  Wallace,  E.  S.  Symington  and  George  Miller,  made  up  the  roll  of 
that  meeting.  Yet  it  was  a  quiet,  pleasant  meeting,  attended  by  old 
])eople,  women  and  children,  and  full  of  sadness,  charity  and  devotion 
— a  sort  of  spiritual  sunset,  before  a  long,  dark,  bitter  and  cruel  night 
of  three  and  one-half  years  duration.  The  war-cloud  now  gathered 
and  thickened  and  blackened,  and  swept  in  successive  cyclones  over  our 
bounds,  devastating  and  largely  depopulating  the  country,  and  scatter- 
ing ministers  and  meml)ers  far  and  wide;  so  that  all  religious  services 
were  suspended,  except  some  occasional  services  in  Kansas  City,  Inde- 
])endence  and  Lexington.       The  Hopewell   Church  in  wliich  we  he'd 


LAFAYETTE. 


107 


this  meeting,  was  also  burned  a  year  later — a  fitting  setting  of  the  last 

hope  of  Church  work,  "mid  scenes  of  anarchical  and  lawless  warfare. 
******* 

"Our  Presbytery  met  no  more  until  April,  1866,  and  when  it  did, 
it  was  but  the  fragments  of  what  it  was — a  wreck  in  ministers, 
churches,  members  and  Christian  spirit.  Of  the  twenty-one  that  met 
five  years  ago,  only  five  remained,  viz.,  D.  Coulter,  J.  W.  Wallace,  J. 
M.  Chaney,  William  Dickson  and  George  Miller. 

"But"^  what  of  the  Churches  ?  It  is  a  fearful  evidence  of  the 
scourge  of  the  war  that  from  1801  to  1866,  one-half  of  all  the  churches 
on  our  roll  became  utterly  extinct,  not  appearing  on  the  records  of 
either  Assembly.  And  in  the  places  of  twelve  out  of  thirty-four,  no 
organization  has  ever  been  revived.  Of  the  surviving  organizations, 
eleven  are  now  [1888]  in  the  Southern  connection  and  six  in  the 
Northern ;  four  in  this  and  two  in  Ozark  Presbytery. 

"And  great  ciiangcs  continue  to  mark  our  history  as  a  Presbytery. 
In  1860  we  did  not  have  a  mile  of  railroad  within  our  bounds.  The 
coming  of  railroads  has  entirely  changed  the  geographical  terminology, 
and  we  find  twenty  of  our  forty-one  churches  in  places  that  had  no  ex- 
istence at  that  date,  a.s  Sedalia,  Holden,  Raymore,  Rich  Hill,  Centre 
View,  Brownington,  Tipton  .  Appleton,  Greenwood,  Montrose  and 
others. 

"The  following  statistical  footings  of  our  Presbytery  are  taken 
from  the  Assembly's  minutes  for  the  years  1861,  1866,  ^1867  and  1869. 
By  comparative  analysis  we  can  get  the  clearer  view  of  this  transition 
period ;  and  it  will  be  seen  that  this  Presbytery  virtually  dates  its 
existence  from  the  close  of  the  war.  I  have  not  the  records  of  the  New 
School  Presbytery,  but  learn  that  it  became  extinct  in  1859,  and  was 
reorganized  in  April,  1866. 

STATISTICS  OF  LAFAYETTE  PRESBYTERY. 


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"Let  us  now  make  some  comments  upon  these  tables. 
"XoTE  1st.     That  in  1866  all  the  ministers  who  the  next  fall  went 
into  the  'Declaration  and  Testimony'  or  Independent  Southern  Synod 


108 


SKETCHES  OF  PRESBYTERIES. 


were  still  on  the  roll.      Of  the  nine,  George  Miller  alone  remained  in 
the  Northern  Assembly. 

"Note  3d.  That  in  1866  all  the  Southern  Churches  were  also  on 
our  roll.  Of  the  eighteen,  all  went  South,  except  Warrensbuvg,  and  a 
very  few  members  in  Kansas  City  and  Pleasant  Hill. 

"Note  3d.  That  the  Synod  dividing  in  October,  1866.  and  there 
being  but  one  adherent  [George  Miller]  of  the  Northern  Assembly  in 
Lafayette  Presbytery,  the  Presbytery  was,  from  necessity,  reorganized 
by  the  action  of  the  Synod  in  October,  1866,  by  transferring  Rev. 
George  Frazer  from  the  St.  Louis  Presbytery,  and  the  Rev.  N.  H, 
Smith  from  the  Presbytery  of  Upper  Missouri,  and  so  constituting  the 
Assembly's  Presbytery  of  Lafayette.  The  Rev.  Eben  Muse  and  Rev. 
Charles  Sturtevant  were  received  in  November,  1866.  Brother  Smith 
withdrew  after  this. 

"Hence,  the  true  report  of  this  Presbj^ery  for  the  year  1867 
should  have  read  as  follows: 


Ministers. 

Churches. 

Received 
by  Exam. 

Received 
by  Letter. 

Total 
Coin's. 

S.  8. 

George  Miller     . 
George  Frazer. 

Eben  Muse 

C.Sturdevant,W.C. 

Pleasant  Hill    . . . 

22 
27 
32 

18 

54 
32 

71 

18 

30 

Kansas  City 

55 

Warrensburg  .... 
Sugar  Creek 

11 

110 
40 

11 

99 

175 

235 

"This  is  all  we  got ;  all  else  went  South. 

"Our  Presbytery  obtained  in  the  division  one  little  building,  one 
minister,  one  whole  church  at  Warrensburg,  of  twenty-eight 
members,  and  twenty-one  members  at  Pleasant  Hill  and  only  five  mem- 
bers in  Kansas  City;  in  all  fifty-four,  out  of  1,478  members  we  had  at 
the  beginning  of  the  war.  Sugar  Creek,  now  known  as  Creighton,  was 
our  first  new  organization. 

"Note  4th.  As  we  look  at  the  0.  S.  Assembly  Minutes  for  186'.», 
we  find  the  roll  of  Presbytery  at  last  cleared  of  statistics  that  had  not 
been  revised  since  1861.  The  Churches  had  increased  from  four  to 
fourteen  but  two  of  these.  Independence  and  Lexington,  were  in  the 
spirit  of  fraternity  soon  dissolved;  the  membership  had  grown  from 
175  to  573,  two  hundred  of  these  received  that  year;  and  the  four  min- 
isters had  become  eleven.  The  warm-hearted  and  venerable  brother, 
John  Montgomer}'^,  D.  D.,  did  not  go  into  the  Southern  Church  until 
the  year  1870.  He  had  honest  forebodings  about  reunion  with  the  neV 
School  and  that  event  decided  his  course.  His  name  stood  on  our  roll, 
Imt  he  never  met  with  our  side  after  1861. 

"In  all  this  will  be  clearly  seen  the  causes  of  the  slow  growth  of 


LAFAYETTE.  109 

our  I'hurch  ou  our  bounds.  Tliis  State  was  born  in  strife  and  discord, 
and  her  life  has  been  one  of  alienation.  These  ten  years,  from  1860  to 
1870,  form  the  key  to  her  history,  all  before  points  to  it,  all  after  radi- 
ates from  it.  It  was  over  Missouri  that  the  great  battle  over  American 
slavery  began  in  1817.  She  was  only  permitted  to  come  into  the 
Union  by  a  compromise,  and  her  people  have  ever  since  been  compelled 
to  purchase  peace  by  compromise.  And  when  in  1854  The  Missouri 
Compromise"  was  repealed,  the  act  convulsed  the  nation,  and  made 
Missouri  the  objective  point  of  a  national  strife  that  culminated  in  the 
Great  Civil  War. 

"Having  been  born  of  strife  and  reared  on  strife,  located  on  the 
very  border  of  alienation,  it  was  not  strange  that  her  people  should  be 
more  bitterly  divided  on  the  great  issues  of  the  war ;  and  in  no  portion 
more  bitterly  than  in  the  territory  covered  by  our  Presbytery.  The 
counties  of  Jackson,  Cass,  Bates  and  Vernon  were  literally  desolated. 
Xeighborhoods  and  even  families  were  murderously  hostile  to  each 
other;  ail  civilized  modes  of  warfare  were  discarded,  and  the  two  par- 
ties were  only  known  as  either  'Jayhawkers'  or  'Bushwackers.' 

"As  I  walked  over  one  of  the  bloody  battle-fields,  caring  for  the 
wounded  and  dying,  my  companion  in  blue  found  his  dead  brother 
clothed  in  gray.  On  the  same  day  a  father  in  gray  found  his  own  son 
cold  in  death  but  clothed  in  blue.  A  mother  often  had  sons  in  oppos- 
ing armies,  and  a  wife's  husband  and  brother  oft  thirsted  for  each 
other's  blood.  0,  the  world  will  never  know,  history  can  never  record 
a  thousandth  part  of  what  that  cruel  war  cost  in  sacrificed  friendshi})S 
and  crucified  loves  along  these  ill-fated  border  lines. 

"As  the  inevitable  consequence  of  all  this,  church  organizations 
were  torn  to  pieces,  and  all  love  and  charity  and  piety  were  almost  ex- 
tinguished from  the  hearts  of  men,  women  and  even  little  children. 
Many  left  the  State  never  to  return ;  many  gave  up  forever  all  interest 
in  religion ;  large  numbers  drifted  into  other  denominations  in  the  des- 
perate hope  of  getting  away  from  every  reminder  of  the  embittered 
past;  while  a  large  per  cent,  of  those  that  remained  in  their  old  rela- 
tions lost  all  interest  in  religious  or  church  work. 

"The  ill-savor  attaching  to  the  very  name  of  our  State  has  no 
doubt  kept  out  of  its  bounds  a  large  and  most  desirable  class  of  immi- 
gration; and  more  especially  Presbyterians,  who,  shunning  division 
and  discord,  have  sought  homes  in  other  States;  and  large  numbers  o'f 
those  who  fiocked  to  the  State  from  1865  to  1872  and  entered  our 
churches,  have  moved  further  west  in  search  of  more  congenial  envir- 
onments. So  fearfully  has  this  operated  that  thirty-seven  per  cent  of 
the  church  organizations  on  our  roll  in  1874  have  [1888]  entirely  dis- 
appeared, or  fourteen  out  of  thirty-seven;  while  nine  more,  though  not 
extinct,  have'a  smaller  membership  by  146  now  than  they  had  fourteen 
years  ago.  Xew  organizations  and  growth  in  Kansas  City  and  the 
larger  towns  have  offset  this  loss. 

"A  like  change  marks  our  roll  of  ministers.  XoPresbvterv  has  ever 


110  SKETCHES   OF  PliESBYTERlES. 

suffered  more  from  an  ever-changing  ministry.  Whether  the  ministry 
or  the  country  is  at  fault,  we  do  not  pretend  to  say;  but  the  fact  is 
alike,  the  sign  of  decay  and  a  great  hindrance  to  church  growth. 
Names  appear  and  disappear  from  our  roll  in  rapid  succession.  For 
example,  from  1872  to  187-1,  thirteen  out  of  twenty-nine  names  disap- 
pear; from  1871  to  1877,  fourteen  out  of  twenty-six  names  disappear; 
and  from  1877  to  1880,  fourteen  out  of  twenty-five  nanu^  disappear. 
And  of  the  twenty-six  names  we  had  in  1871,  only  six  were  on  our  roll 
in  1888,  three  of  whom  had  been  a  large  part  of  the  time  connected 
with  other  Presbyteries. 

"The  work  done  by  our  ministers  and  churches  cannot  be 
measured  by  apparent  results;  its  influence  permeates  all  the  great 
West,  and  will  impress  the  future  of  its  untold  millions.  Others,  un- 
used to  hardship  and  warfare,  will  come  in  and  reap  the  rich  harvest  of 
patient,  painful  sowing.  The  battles  have  been  fought;  the  pioneer 
work  has  been  done ;  the  fields  have  been  cleared,  and  the  seed  has  been 
gown  by  sturdy  hands  and  trustful  hearts ;  the  harvest  is  the  end  of  the 
world ;  the  reapers  will  come  forth ;  and  for  the  garnered  grain,  we 
point  you  to  our  Father's  House. 

''Dear  brethren,  inspired  alike  by  the  toils  and  triumphs  of  the 
past,  and  the  rich  dawning  hopes  of  the  future ;  inspired  alike  by  the 
noble  line  of  warriors  who  lie  buried  in  the  rear,  and  the  blessing  of 
God  upon  their  labors  and  ours ;  as  we  today  keep  step  with  the  centen- 
nial march  of  Presbyterianism,  let  the  rallying  war  cry  rise  and  ring 
out  all  along  the  lines:     Forward,  March!     Forward,  March!!" 

NEW  SCHOOL  WORK  AFTER  THE  CIVIL  WAR 

The  removal  of  slavery  gave  new  life  to  the  New  School  work  in 
this  Synod.  The  great  immigration  into  this  region  from  the  North 
likewise  invited  a  vigorous  prosecution  of  the  work.  The  Board  of 
Home  Missions  had  a  supervision  of  the  work  here  through  its  District 
Secretary  (Synodical  Missionary  he  would  be  called  now).  Dr.  A.  T. 
Norton.  He  was  indefatigable  in  visitation  and  in  getting  men  to  take 
hold  of  the  old  fields  and  reorganize  them,  and  also  in  making  new  or- 
ganizations where  there  seemed  to  be  a  promise  of  growth.  Through 
his  efforts  the  Presbytery  t)f  Ijexington,  which  covered  the  northwest 
portion  of  the  State,  including  a  few  counties  south  of  the  Missouri 
River,  became  very  active.  The  Presbytery  of  Osage,  which  had  be- 
come extinct  before  the  War,  had  to  be  re-erected  out  of  entirely  new 
material.  The  principal  organizers  in  Lexington  Presbytery  were  E. 
B.Sherwood  and  S.  G.  Clark;  and  in  Osage  Presbytery,  John  M. 
Brown.  In  18G8  the  work  had  so  increasecl  as  to  require  the  whole 
time  of  a  Secretary  for  the  Synod  of  Missouri,  and  Dr.  I'imothy  Hill 
was  commissioned  to  undertake  it.  The  result  of  all  these  efforts  was 
very  marked.  The  New  School  starting  from  nothing  in  this  territory 
was  able  to  bring  to  tiie  Reunion  al)out  as  much  sireno-th  as  was  fur- 


AFTER   THE    REUNION.  Ill 

iiisliL'tl  by  tne  Old  School.     Since  the  Reunion  theie  has  never  been  the 
^slightest  trace  visible  of  the  old  lines. 

THE  PRESBYTERIES  SINCE  THE  REUNION. 

At  the  first  meeting  of  the  Synod  of  Missouri  after  the  Reunion, 
the  State  was  redistricted  so  as  to  combine  the  Old  School  and  the  New- 
School  Presbyteries  in  each  part  of  the  State  into  new  Presbyteries. 
The  "Enabling  Act"  then  passed  defines  our  bounds  as  follows: 

"III.  The  Presbytery  of  Osage  is  hereby  erected  to  consist  of  the 
^linisters  and  churches  within  the  counties  of  Jackson,  Lafayette, 
Saline,  Cooper,  Pettis,  Johnson,  Cass,  Bates,  St.  Clair,  Henry,  Benton, 
Morgan,  Moniteau,  Cole  and  Miller.  It  shall  meet  in  the  church  at 
Clinton  of  the  21st  day  of  September,  at  half-past  seven  P.  M.,  A.  D., 
1870.  The  Eev.  T.  S.  Reeve,  or  in  his  absence  the  oldest  Minister  pres- 
•ent,  shall  ])reside  until  the  election  of  a  Moderator.  And  furthermore 
the  Presbytery  of  Osage  is  hereby  declared  to  be  the  proper  and  legal 
successor  of  the  Presbyteries  of  Lafayette  and  Osage,  and  as  such  is 
entitled  to  all  the  rights,  franchises  and  possessions,  and  liable  for  the 
performance  of  all  the  duties  of  those  Presbyteries."  The  Presbytery 
thus  formed  retained  the  same  boundaries  until  in  187-A,  when  Vernon 
County  was  added,  transferred  from  the  Presbytery  of  Ozark.  In 
1884  the  church  of  El  Dorado  Springs,  in  Cedar  County,  was  also 
transferred  from  the  Presbytery  of  Ozark  to  us.  The  name  Osage  was 
retained  until  the  fall  of  1887,  when  the  Presbytery  voted  to  be  called 
-after  its  principal  city. 

The  recent  history  is  so  fully  given  in  the  statistics  and  in  the 
sketches  that  follow  that  there  is  need  now  of  noticing  but  few  of  the 
many  items  that  would  otherwise  be  of  interest.  The  history  has  been 
a  harmonious  one,  characterized  rather  by  quiet  work  than  by  sudden 
^ntwth  or  other  marked  changes.  Probably  few  Presbyteries  have 
had  less  use  for  the  "Judicial  Committee,"  though  the  records  are  not 
iilways  free  from  their  reports.  None  of  the  cases  of  discipline  has 
led  to  the  extreme  punishment,  and  but  few  of  them  even  to  censure. 
Hevivals  have  been  numerous,  but  never  widespread.  In  common  with 
all  this  part  of  the  country  there  have  been  years  of  want  and  years 
of  i)lenty,  which  are  as  plainly  traceable  in  the  ecclesiastical  as  in  the 
commercial  world.  Fields  once  promising  have  had  to  be  abandoned, 
even  after  years  of  faithful  tilling. 

A  sad  tale  would  be  told  could  we  look  into  the  books  of  the  Board 
of  the  Church  Erection  Fund,  that  has  been  the  warm  friend  in  need 
and  friend  indeed  of  nearly  every  organization  ever  at  work  here.  And 
yet  though  so  many  in  their  prosperity  have  forgotten  their  helper  and 
others  have  returned  to  it  property  that  did  not  realize  nearly  the  face 
of  the  Board's  mortgage,  most  of  our  organizations  are  now  both  prop- 
erly housed  and  actively  aggressive  in  their  work.  Fires  and  tornadoes 
have  destroved  several  of  our  churches,  which  were  often  not  well  in- 


112        SKETCHES  OF  PKESBYTERIES. 

sured.  The  Missouri  river  has  washed  away  two  whole  towns,  churches- 
and  all. 

None  of  our  churches  has  been  extravagant  in  its  church  buildings 
though  several  of  the  churches  have  had  numerous  houses  of  worship, 
varying  all  the  way  from  vacant  store  buildings,  log  churches  and 
adobe  nondescripts  to  the  well  appointed  modern  church,  with  various 
rooms,  a  fine  pipe  organ  and  a  handsome  parsonage  adjoining.  The 
number  of  such  church  buildings  that  has  been  lost  by  fire  and  by  tor- 
nadoes is  so  great  that  fire  and  cyclone  insurance  agents  have  argu- 
ments ready  made,  (if  they  did  but  know  the  facts  about  this  one  Pres- 
b}i;ery)  that  ought  to  give  them  no  difficulty  in  securing  business  from 
every  one  of  our  congregations. 

Missouri,  as  a  quondam  slave  State,  is  as  of  old  the  home  of  a 
large  negro  population,  supposably  more  or  less  open  to  Presbyterian 
influences.  This  is  especially  true  in  the  cities,  though  there  is  not 
anywhere  among  us  even  a  small  town  without  its  "Little  Africa." 
Yet  there  never  has  been  any  systematic  Presbyterian  effort  made  to 
reach  these  people,  and  it  is  doubtful  whether  among  us  there  are  to- 
day nearly  as  many  of  them  in  any  way  under  Presbyterian  influences 
as  there  were  in  the  old  days  of  slavery.  One  negro  Licentiate  and 
one  negro  Minister  have  belonged  to  this  Presbytery,  but  each  of  them 
came  to  it  unsought,  and  departed  without  substantial  encouragement 
to  labor  here. 

This  Presbytery  has  always  been  a  Home  Mission  field,  every  one 
of  its  churches  having  at  some  time  received  aid  from  the  Board  of 
Home  Missions.  Some  of  its  churches  have  been  large  givers  to  the 
support  of  the  gospel  at  home  and  abroad ;  but  none  of  them  have  given 
largely  of  their  sons  and  daughters  to  Mission  work.  So  far  as  known 
to  the  writer,  no  Foreign  Missionary  has  ever  been  sent  out  from  any 
of  our  churches,*  though  several  Missionaries  are  now  and  for  years 
have  been  supported  by  their  gifts. 

In  the  matter  of  educational  institutions,  this  Presbytery,  like 
the  rest  of  this  State,  has  been  singularly  unsuccessful.  Not  to  mention 
the  early  private  schools  under  the  care  of  our  Ministers  or  Elders  or 
the  ante-bellum  Presbyterial  academy,  there  have  been  since  the  war 
schools  of  some  sort,  under  Presbyterian  auspices  (part  of  them  under 
Presbyterial  control),  and  ranging  in  grade  all  the  way  from  private 
schools  up  to  a  "University,"  in  at  least  Butler,  Clinton,  Independ- 
ence, Sedalia,  Tipton,  and  Westfield.  With  one  exception,  none  of 
these  are  now  under  Presbyterian  control,  or  even  in  existence,  though 
some  of  them  were  for  years  the  centers  of  large  influence  for  good. 
The  one  exception  is  the  Kansas  City  Ladies'  College  at  Independence, 
which  is  now  under  the  care  of  this  Presbytery,  the  Eev.  J.  S.  Dun- 

•The  Rev.  W.  F.  Shields  and  wife,  of  the  Sharon  church,  were  connected  with 
the  Wood  River  church.  Neb.,  when  commissioned  to  go  to  Siam.  Miss  Mary  Clark, 
of  Persia,  (daughter  of  the  Rev.  S.  G.  Clarlc)  was  once  a  member  of  the  Appleton 
City  church.  The  Rev.  I'aul  D.  Bergen,  of  China,  supplied  the  Fifth  church  of 
Kansas  City  for  a  little  while :  S.  A.  Moffett,  of  Korea,  that  of  Appleton  City, 
and  W.  M.  Balrd,  of  Korea,  that  of  Osceola.  The  Rev.  (leo.  W.  Marshall,  of  China,  is  a 
graduate  of  Butler  Academy, 


KANSAS   CITY.  113. 

ing,  Ph.  D.,  a  member  of  the  Presbyiery,  being  its  president.    It  has 
recently  been  reorganized,  and  seems  to  promise  a  bright  future. 

The  history  of  the  Presbytery  would  be  incomplete  •without  a 
reference  to  the  good  work  done  by  our  Sabbath  Schools,  Endeavor 
Societies,  Men's  Leag^ues  and  Women^s  Missionary  Societies,  all  of 
which  have  been  well  organized  and  fairly  active.  It  had  been  intended 
to  have  an  article  by  one  of  the  ladies  on  the  Women's  work,  but  none 
was  sent  in  in  time. 


SKETCHES  OF  MINISTERS. 


NOTE.  The  compiler  originally  intended  to  insert  these  slietches  in  chrono- 
logii-al  order,  arranged  under  the  different  Presbyteries.  As  there  have  been  so  many 
Presbyteries,  liowever.  and  so  many  of  the  men  noticed  have  been  mem'oers  of  more 
than  one  of  them,  it  seems  best  to  insert  the  names  alphabetically.  All  facts  as  to 
I'resbyteral  connection  and  service  can  be  found  in  the  foregoing  chronological 
registers. 

None  can  be  more  conscious  tlian  the  writer  of  the  many  defects'  in  these 
slcetches.  Some  men  are,  perhaps,  not  noticed  at  all.  that  are  full  as  worthy  a  place 
as  those  that  appear  in  the  list.  Others  are  given  space  disproportionately  large  or 
small.  The  best  possible  use,  however,  has  been  conscientiously  made  of  the  mater- 
ials at  hand,  after  much  careful  and  painstaking  research,  and  a  wide  correspond- 
ence.    No  sketches  are  given  of  persons  still  members  of  the  I'resbytery. 

The  greatest  regret  of  the  compiler  is  that  there  did  not  seem  to  be  any  way  in 
which  to  give  due  recognition  to  the  work  of  the  members  of  the  churches.  In 
nearly  every  church  there  are  doubtless  (or  have  been »  members,  women  as  well  as 
men. "  that  "  have  done  more  for  the  advancement  of  the  cause  of  Christ  in 
their  community  than  any  ministers  their  church  has  ever  had.  Such  members 
are  not  to  be  forgotten,  tliough  their  names  cannot  be  mentioned  here.  They  will 
ever  remain  fresh  and  fragrant  in  fflie  hearts  of  those  that  knew  them,  and  should 
be  enshrined  in  carefully  prepared  and  carefully  preserved  histories  of  the  several 
churches.  That  the  necessary  omissions  in  these  sketches  may  lead  to  the  prepara- 
tion and  wide  distribution  of  "such  a  history  of  each  church  in  the  Presbytery  is  the 
sincere  desire  of  the  writer  of  this  History  of  the  I'resbytery  of  Kansas  City. 

*"There  js,  perhaps,  nothing  about  which  a  good  man  may  have  so  little  solici- 
tude— nothing  which,  with  so  much  safety,  he  may  banish  from  the  entire  range 
of  his  thoughts — as  his  reputation  :  his  name  while  living,  his  memory  when  dead. 
Of  character — what  he  is  and  what  he  ought  to  be — and  how  such  character  may  be 
developed  :  in  reference  to  these,  much  care  and  much  labor  may  be  employed,  for 
here  he  is  an  important  agent  :  but  over  his  memory  Providence  asserts  a  .iuris- 
diction  that  is  exclusive,  and  a  jurisdiction  so  peculiar  that,  the  more  it  is  for- 
gotten by  its  subject,  the  more  certainty  will  attach  to  the  fact  that  it  will  be 
perpetuated." 

"Such  a  synopsis  *  *  *  must  be  brief,  and  by  reason  of  its  brevity,  general- 
izing and  condensing  such  eventful  and  protracted  labors  into  so  small  a  space,  it 
will  necessarily  be  devoid  of  that  minuteness  of  detail  and  circumstantial  incident 
which  gives  to  portraiture  its  life  and  power,  and  throws  around  it  all  that  interest 
which  is  peculiarly  its  own.  It  is  not  that  the  subject  of  such  a  memoir  was  born 
at  such  a  time,  graduated  at  such  an  institution,  was  licensed  to  preach  the  Gospel 
by  such  a  I'resbytery.  and  for  so  long  labored  in  such  a  church — it  is  not  a  general 
statement  of  items  such  as  these  that  we  either  expect  or  desire  in  biography.  These 
of  themselves  are  the  body  without  the  soul.  They  are  but  the  outer  walls  of  the 
building  ;  and  if  our  object  is  to  know  its  character,  we  are  never  satisfied  without 
entering  and  surveying  its  inner  apartments.  In  biography  we  desire  individuality  ; 
and  we  wish  the  subject  to  be  so  presented  to  us  that  we  can,  under  the  given  cir- 
cumstances, hear  him  speak,  see  him  act.  read  his  motives,  and  from  these  form  our 
own  judgment  of  his  character,  and  be  able  to  determine  for  ourselves  liow  he  would 
probably  act  under  any  other  circumstances  in  which  we  may  imagine  him  to  be 
placed. "  This  is  the  perfection  of  biography  ;  but  ir  can  never  be  attained  without 
minuteness  and  fulness  of  detail.  Such,  however,  is  not  our  present  purpose.  It 
is  our  object  merely  to  form  a  skeleton  of  dates  and  general  labors,  leaving  to  other 
hands  the  more  difficult  and  impoi-tant  work  of  clothing  it  with  flesh  and  life,  and 
Thus  milking  it  "a  living  soul."  " — Prcslijiinkin  Itrtofdrr.  Xov.,  1855,  pp  15,i-.'i. 


POEM.  115 


IMPROMPTU   POEM. 

BY  THK   REV.   H.    D.   OANSE,    I).    I). 

Ueiid  at  the  Semi-Centennial  Celebration  of 
the   Synod   of   Missouri.    1882. 

The  fathers  sleep;  but  to  tliis  hour 

The  mighty  shapes  are  here; 
Their  old-time  tones  of  truth  and  power 

Still  thunder  on  the  ear. 

'Neath  lowly  roof,  in  forest  glade, 

And  wliere,  beside  tlie  Hood, 
Tlie  young  town  teemed  witii  noisy  trade, 

They  preached  the  trutii  of  God. 

The  church  of  logs  is  crumbled  down, 

Tlic  forest  camp  is  gone; 
But  through  the  land  Ihcir  words  have  down; 

The  living  truth  lives  on. 


Xay.  "tis  not  here  they  make  their  stay: 
We  keep  their  memory  bright: 

But  they  are  with  theii-  King  today. 
The  heroes  walk  in  white. 

Heroes  they  were :  but  in  the  van. 

The  army  follows  on. 
Look  to  your  weapons,  every  man. 

This  battle  must  be  won. 

Tiie  field  of  fight  grows  thick  with  men ; 
The  scores  become  a  host. 

But  tru.st  the  Help  they  boasted  then- 
Christ  and  the  Holy  Ghost. 

Through  dreary  days  of  shame  and  fear. 

This  land  hath  waited  long; 
The  clouds  are  parting,  and  our  ear 

Catches  the  heavenly  song. 

"O  Christ !  the  crown  is  on  Thy  brow : 

Thy  mighty  work  is  done ! 
Mortals  who  serve  Him.  serve  Him  now 

His  glory  hasteth  on!" 

Crowd  on!  O  march  of  years  and  men; 

We'll  meet  you  with  God's  Word  : 
The  fathers'  rally  rings  again — 

"Missouri  for  the  Lord!" 


116  SKETCPIES  OF  MINISTERS. 

JOHN  WORKMAN  ALLEN. 

Though  never  a  Pastor  of  any  of  our  churches.  Dr.  Allen  was  for 
four  years  closely  identified  with  nearly  all  the  then  churches  of  the 
Presb3i;ery  as  Presbyterial  Missionary,  1869-73,  and  for  seven  years 
more  as  Synodical  Missionar}^,  1873-80.  The  acquaintance  thus  begun 
he  kept  up  through  the  remainder  of  his  life  as  Southwestern  Superin- 
tendent for  the  Board  of  Publication  and  Sabbath  School  Work.  For 
some  years  after  his  official  duties  took  him  to  reside  beyond  our  bound, 
he  retained  his  membership  in  this  Presbytery  and  was  a  frequent  at- 
tendant at  its  meetinas.  Genial  and  cordial  in  manner,  quiet  and 
direct  in  address,  clear  and  positive  in  his  thinking,  he  uniformly  in- 
spired confidence  in  his  humble  piety,  business  sense  and  executive 
abilit}^,  and  was  welcomed  as  the  counsellor  of  Ministers  and  churches. 

A  subordinate  yet  important  part  of  his  work  was  that  which  for 
many  years  he  carried  on  as  Editor  and  Publisher  of  a  church  periodi- 
cal closely  in  touch  with  the  interests  of  the  Central  West.  It  began, 
soon  after  he  came  to  this  state  under  the  name  of  Our  Church,  which 
was  later  changed  to  the  St.  Louis  Evangelist;  and  then,  after  the 
consolidation  with  the  Mid-Continent  (originally  published  at  Kansas 
City)  it  took  the  name  of  the  latter  periodical.  He  continued  to  pub- 
lish this  paper  until  1897.  when  it  was  consolidated  with  the  Herald 
and  Presbvter  of  Cincinnati. 

A  notice  prepared  by  the  Committee  on  Necrology  in  the  Synod 
says:  "In  addition  to  all  these  responsible  functions.  Dr.  Allen  did 
not  fail  to  preach  the  Gospel  as  he  had  opportunity,  and  many  missions 
and  needy  churches  felt  and  still  feel  the  inspiring  uplift  of  his  faith- 
ful ministrations.  He  was  of  course  a  very  busy  man,  but  never  too 
busy  to  be  srenial  and  courteous  to  all  with  whom  he  came  in  contact. 
Few  Ministers  have  been  more  widely  esteemed  and  more  sincerely 
mourned,  when  called  awa}'^,  than  Dr.  Allen.  He  was  a  patient  sufferer 
for  years;  but  his  unfaltering  trust  was  in  his  blessed  Lord,  and  his 
end.  was  peace.'' 

"He  died  on  Sabbath  morning,  Feb.  12, 1899,  at  the  sanitarium  in 
Martinsville,  Indiana,  whither  he  had  been  taken  in  search  of  the  re- 
lief that  came  only  in  his  death." 


RICHARD  H.  ALLEN. 

The  work  of  Dr.  Allen,  later  known  to  the  whole  denomination 
through  ])is  connection  with  the  Board  of  Missions  for  Freedom,  was 
not  extensive  in  this  Presbytery.  At  the  time  he  was  taken  under  care 
of  the  Presb3'tery  of  Upper  Missouri  as  a  Candidate  for  the  Gospel 
Ministry,  May  29.  1846,  he  was  a  member  of  our  church  at  Independ- 


WILSON  ASDALE.  117 

elite.  Later  he  was  transferred  as  a  Licentiate  to  the  care  of  the 
Presbytery  of  Missouri,  by  whom  he  was  ordained,  June  27,  1847,  and 
installed  as  Pastor  of  the  church  at  Jefferson  City.  There  he  remained 
only  two  years.  Though  later  acting  as  Evangelist  in  Upper  Missouri 
Presbytery,  his  work  was  mainly  confined  to  the  northern  part  of  that 
Presbytery,  hence  not  within  the  present  bounds  of  this  Tresbytery. 

Of  his  work  in  this  State  Nevin's  Encyclopedia  says :  "Having  an 
earnest  desire  to  enter  into  the  great  and  destitute  field  around  him, 
as  an  Evangelist,  for  which  he  was  peculiarly  fitted,  he  devoted  himself 
to  Home  Mission  work  in  the  counties  of  Upper  Missouri.  He  stopped 
not  to  consult  with  flesh  and  blood,  nor  to  ask  aid  of  any  Missionary 
Board,  but  purchased  a  horse,  tilled  one  side  of  his  saddle  bags  with 
Bibles  and  tracts,  and  started  out  as  an  Evangelist,  preaching  wherever 
God  in  His  providence  opened  the  way.  In  this  new  and  important 
field  of  operation,  his  labors  were  signally  blest.^' 


WILSON  ASDALE. 

For  over  nine  years  the  Tipton  church  enjoyed  the  faithful 
ministrations  of  Wilson  Asdale.  Like  so  many  others  in  this  Pres- 
bytery, he  spent  the  greater  portion  of  his  ministry  among  them  as  a 
Stated  Supply,  having  been  installed  only  during  the  last  three  years 
of  his  stay.  A  part  of  the  time  he  served  the  High  Point  church  also. 
No  Minister  in  the  Presbytery,  while  he  was  a  member  of  it,  was  more 
earnest,  persevering  and  conscientious  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties 
than  he.  Being  naturally  of  a  retiring  and  diffident  disposition, 
others  may  have  shone  more  brilliantly  in  the  meetings  of  Presbytery, 
but  none  stood  higher  in  the  esteem  of  his  brethren,  and  none  had  a 
firmer  hold  on  the  affections  of  his  people. 

The  difficulties  of  the  field  he  served  were  not  small,  the  numerical 
results  not  large :  but  no  one  can  become  familiar  with  the  facts  in 
such  fsses  without  seeing  that  it  would  be  well  for  all  our  Ministers 
and  churches  if  there  were  more  cases  of  long  pastorates.  In  many 
of  the  churches  in  this  part  of  the  country  there  is  such  a  change  in 
the  population  that  at  the  end  of  ten  years,  and  probably  usually  much 
sooner,  a  settled  Pastor  would  have  a  largely  different  congregation 
from  that  to  which  he  was  originally  called.  Having  the  confidence 
of  the  older  members,  the  new  members  would  sooner  find  their  places 
and  appropriate  work  than  if  old  members  and  new  alike  had  to  be- 
come familiar  with  a  new  Minister  every  two  or  three  years.  Those 
of  our  churches  that  have  had  the  longer  pastorates  have,  other  things 
being  equal,  been  most  prospered  and  blessed  with  leadership  in  tlie 
true  spiritual  life  of  the  communities  where  they  are  found.  Would 
that  more  of  our  Ministers  and  churches  might  mutually  bear  and 


118  SKETCHES  OF  MINISTERS. 

forbear  when  they  who  have  so  far  been  blessed  in  their  labors  reach 
that  dead  center  which  seems  to  come  inevitably  in  the  course  of  from 
three  to  five  years!  When  by  the  grace  of  God  that  point  is  passed, 
a  new  era  of  helpful  fellowship  always  opens  before  them  for  years  to 
come. 


WILLIAM  MARTYX  BAIRD. 

The  Presbytery  of  Kansas  City,  itself  the  outgrowth  of  Foreign 
Missions,  has  not  been  largely  represented  so  far  on  the  Foreign  Mis- 
sion field.  There  have  however  been  several  instances  like  that  of  Mr. 
Baird,  where  young  men  from  the  Seminaries  have  lal)ored  in  our 
bounds  for  a  few  months  or  years,  and  then  have  gone  to  the  foreign 
fields,  though  first  transferring  their  membership  to  the  Presbytery 
of  their  early  church  home.  When  the  Rev.  Dr.  C.  L.  Thompson  went 
east  to  attend  the  meetino-  of  the  Centennial  General  Assembly,  of 
which  he  was  elected  Moderator,  his  pulpit  in  the  Second  Church  of 
Kansas  City  was  left  in  charge  of  Mr.  Baird,  who  had  then  just  grad- 
uated from  McCormick  Seminary.  As  Dr.  T.  took  a  vacation  about 
that  time  and  at  its  close  became  iPastor  of  the  Madison  Avenue  church 
in  New  York  City,  the  Suijply  was  continued  for  several  months  before 
a  successor  was  chosen.  After  leaving  the  Second  church,  Mr.  Baird 
supplied  the  Osceola  church  for  a  few  months,  and  then  a  churcii  in 
Colorado,  before  leaving  for  his  chosen  life  work  in  Korea.  Though 
unknown  to  the  great  maiority  of  the  members  of  this  Presbytery  and 
its  churches,  some  of  them  have  long  thought  of  him  as  their  repre- 
sentative in  the  great  work  of  evangelizing  the  heathen,  and  a  worthy 
representative  he  has  proved. 


JOSEPH  VAX  HORN  BARKS. 

A  short,  appreciative  sketch  of  the  work  and  worth  of  this  early 
inember  of  Osage  Presbytery  is  given  elsewhere  in  the  letter  from 
the  Rev.  G.  W.  Harlan,  one  of  his  contemporaries.  From  what  we 
have  been  able  to  learn  of  him  otherwise,  we  have  no  doubt  the  estimate 
there  given  is  correct.  To  it  nothing  need  be  added,  except  to  show 
by  quotations  from  his  own  letters  the  sweet  spirit  of  the  man.  Some 
may  question  the  propriety  of  quoting  from  purely  personal  letters, 
written  to  a  friend  in  times  of  division  and  general  unrest  in  Church 
and  State.  We  think,  however,  that  the  letters  that  follow,  written  to 
the  Rev.  Timothy  Hill,  then  Secretary  of  the  Missouri  Home  Mission- 
ary Society,  show  by  their  very  informality  and  directness,  better  than 
could  be  shown  in  any  other  way,  the  exact  state  of  feeling  then  preva- 
lent in  this  Presl)ylery.  We  trust  we  shall  be  pardoned  for  the  inser- 
tion of  tlio  extracts  given  rather  than  for  giving  them  paraphrased  as  a 


J.  V.  BAltlvS.  llCf 

matter  of  editorial  statement.  They  throw  a  Hood  of  light  upon  the 
transition  period  when  the  Xew  School  Synod  of  .Missouri,  like  tho.e 
of  nearly  all  the  Slave  States  of  that  time,  was  virtually  broken  up  and 
scattered  into  various  other  bodies. 

Writing  from  Warsaw  under  date  of  July  14,  1857,  Mr.  Barks 
says :  "1  hardly  know  how  to  answer  your  inquiries.  The  time  inter- 
vening between  the  time  of  my  return  from  Ohio  [He  had  been  a  mem- 
ber of  the  X.  S.  General  Assembly  that  met  in  Cleveland  in  May]  and 
the  27th  of  August  was  so  short  that  it  was  thought  impossible  to  get 
our  Presbytery  together  by  a  regularly  called  meeting.  Hence  Br. 
Morrison  and  myself  concluded  to  invite  so  many  of  the  brethren  ;;nd 
churches  to  meet  at  Osceola  on  the  4th  day  of  Aug.,  to  consult  and 
recommend  what  is  best  to  be  done,  as  can  conveniently  come.  What 
will  be  done  1  have  not  any  idea.  I  received  a  letter  from  Ark.  Morri- 
son [Rev.  A.  W.  Morrison,  of  Bentonville,  Ark.,]  by  the  same  mail 
yours  came.  He  says  his  church  in  Bentonville  had  a  meeting  and 
sustained  the  action  of  the  Commissoners  from  the  South.  He  thinks 
a  convention  is  the  thing  needed^  The  final  resolution  of  his  church 
is  in  these  words :  'Resolved,  that  we  recommend  the  Presbytery  to 
instruct  their  delegate  to  the  Convention  to  unite  in  and  advocate  every 
prudent  measure  to  secure  a  union  between  us  and  the  0.  S.  Pres.  Ch.' 
Bro.  Levi  Morrison,  of  Hickory  Co.,  is  opposed  to  union  with  Old  S. 
I  received  today  a  letter  from  Bro.  Smith..  He  is  down  upon  the  Con- 
vention at  Washington,  and  thinks  the  Assembly  did  no  more  than 
the  exigency  of  the  case  demanded,  viz.,  to  condemn  the  ultra-Southern 
view.  He  is  gone  mad,  liowever,  (m  the  slavery  (juestion,  and  1  do 
not  think  he  intends  to  remain  long  in  this  State. 

"f  will  now  tell  you  how  1  feel,  though  I  may  not  feel  so  after 
our  meeting  of  the  4  Aug.  I  cannot,  and  will  not,  go  A^orth.  I  dislike 
to  go  for  a  Southern  Assembly,  because  I  doubt  the  possibility  of  secur- 
ing a  number  of  sufficient  strength  and  respectability  to  carry  on  church 
matters  in  a  strictly  pro-slavery  organization.  2.  *  *  *  L  di-like 
the  'Pro-'as  much  as  the  'Anti-."  3.  Besides  ]\lo.  is  not  properly  a 
Southern  State.  My  owai  proclivities  are  toward  an  honorable  reunion 
with  Old-Schoolism.  *  *  *  1  am  not  committed,  however,  anyway, 
only  to  ask  wisdom  from  God.  It  may  be  that  an  'Independent"  posi- 
tion is  the  best.    I  have  inclined  that  way.    Still  there  are  difficulties."" 

Another  letter,  of  Dec.  8,  1857,  is  delightfully  informal  and  some- 
what amusingly  clear  as  to  the  facts  stated,  all  of  which  are  valuable 
"to  a  right  understanding  of  the  men  and  the  times :  "I  now  sit  down 
to  answer  your  inquiries,  it  being  the  only  time  I  have  had  at  command 
since  your  letter  arrived.  And,  1st,  those  who  depend  on  H.  M.  aid  in 
this  Presbytery?  To  answer  this  question  I  refer  you  to  our  Minutes 
of  the  Assembly,  all  of  our  ^Ministers  with  the  following  excepti<  ns. 
viz.:  A.  Jones,  W.  C.  Requa.  J.  McMillan  and  your  humble  servant 
Brothers  Jonet?  and  Recpia  sell  pills  for  sup])ort.  Br.  ^li-Millan  teaelu- 
the  young  idea  to  sltuut  for  his  'hog  and  hominy.'       As  for  myself.  I 


120  SKETCHES  OF  MINISTERS. 

have  been  supported  by  my  own  people  since  the  A.  H.  M,  Soc.  gave 
us  Paddy^s  hint.    All  the  rest  receive  aid. 

"2.  As  to  the  source  from  whence  Brethren  expect  aid,  I  reply: 
Mainly  from  the  'S.  Aid  Soc'  As  a  matter  of  course  the  A.  H.  M. 
Soc.  and  also  the  Assembly's  Com.  have  cut  themselves  off  (?)  from 
the  privilege  of  preaching  the  gospel  in  the  South.  *  *  * 

•'•'And  now,  dear  Br.,  with  regard  to  that  part  of  your  letter  relat- 
ing to  our  Synod  and  its  present  position  and  future  prospects :  I  feel 
that  duty  prompts  me  to  be  frank.  I  remark  therefore  that  I  have  no 
confidence  in  the  present  state  of  Independence  of  the  Synod,  any 
farther  than  it  may  be  used  as  a  means  to  an  end,  that  is  a  union  luith 
Old  School.  I  am  not  even  a  son  of  a  prophet,  but  I  do  not  look  for 
any  more  than  one  meeting  more  of  our  Synod.  And  as  I  was  told 
by  a  good  brother  while  on  my  way  to  the  Cleveland  Assembly  last 
spring,  'Br.  Barks,  the  great  thing  to  be  done  at  the  Assembly  is  to 
divide/  so  now  I  believe  with  regard  to  our  Synod  in  Mo.,  the  thing 
to  be  done  is  to  unite  with  the  Old  School.  If  we  can  get  all  together, 
well;  if  not,  we  go  by  Presbyteries,  either  in  whole  or  in  part.  This 
in  my  opinion  is  inevitable.  Our  churches  will  go,  and  many  of  our 
ministers  will  not  stay  behind.     I  would  it  were  otherwise." 

.On  Mar.  25,  1859,  he  wrote:  "As  I  have  been  absent  from  the 
State  almost  ever  since  the  meeting  of  the  Synod,  last  fall,  I  am  short 
of  the  kind  of  infonnation  Avhich  you  desire  me  to  communicate.  I 
will,  however,  give  thee  such  as  I  have.  Osage  Pres.  cut  loose  from 
Synod  last  fall,  as  you  probably  know.  The  spring  meeting  has  just 
closed ;  but  as  I  was  unable  to  attend,  I  am  not  informed  what  action 
was  taken.  Still  I  can  give  you  the  status  of  most  of  our  members : 
Harlan,  Jones,  Requa  and  myself  are  Old-School-bound.  Shall  all 
of  us  unite  next  fall  with  our  churches.  Morrison  (L.  R.),  Ricketts, 
Taylor  and  McMillan  are  going  with  the  name  of  Osage  Presbytery 
to  the  United  Synod.  Morrison  of  Ark. — I  am  not  posted  as  to  his 
driftings.  Smith  stands  'neck  and  heels'  for  Cleveland.  But  I  am 
told  he  is  going  to  leave  the  State. 

"I  am  not  at  all  surprised  at  your  announcement  ol'  the  St.  Louis 
Pres.  going  North.  Indeed,  I  can  see  no  other  home  for  you,  and  I 
think  all  should  go  to  the  place  wliere  they  can  do  the  most  for  God. 
This  motive,  I  trust,  is  the  leading  one  with  us  all.  There  are  some 
things  connected  with  every  branch  of  the  Pres.  family  now  that  are 
objectionable  to  me.  I  know  of  no  liome  now,  since  '57,  where  I  could 
feel  at  home  in  just  the  same  sense  that  I  felt  before  the  Cleveland 
Assembly  met.  I  think  I  can  work  for  the  Master  better,  however,  in 
the  0.  S.  Assembly  than  I  can  in  any  other  connection,  and  licncH'  [ 
go.  I  know  I  shall  forfeit  the  good  opinion  of  my  former  friends — 
or  some  of  them  at  least — still  I  am  looking  not  so  much  how  I  may 
please  my  fellow  man  as  my  Heavenly  Father.  I  cheerfully  accord  the 
same  motive  to  all  who  may  act  in  a  different  direction  from  my  own." 

Surely  a  man  of  such  spirit,  which  could  be  still  further  exempli- 


J.  V.  BARKS.  121 

fied  from  his  letters,  was  one  of  whom  we  are  not  surprised  to  Imow 
that  his  memory  is  still  precious  in  the  town  and  vicinity  of  Warsaw. 
After  leaving  there  in  18G3,  he  served  other  churches  in  this  State  and 
within  the  bounds  of  this  Presbytery,  though  in  the  Southern  connec- 
tion, until  his  death  among  us  not  long  since.  It  is  a  pleasure  to  aad 
a  note  from  his  son,  the  Eev.  H.  B.  Barks,  of  Auxvasse,  Mo.,  who  says : 
"All  of  his  life  he  was  a  laborious  worker.  He  loved  the  Church 
and  souls  with  an  absorbing  passion.  He  was  too  retiring  and  modest 
for  his  own  good;  and  because  he  did  not  have  a  just  estimate  of  his 
own  powers,  refused  to  undertake  work,  frequently,  which,  if  he  had 
done  so,  would  have  opened  up  to  him  greater  fields  of  usefulness.  He 
grew  in  grace  rapidly,  and — though  he  never  lost  interest  in  earthly 
things — the  Church,  the  Country,  his  family  and  friends — with  a 
growing  spiritual  vision  he  saw  and  became  enamored  of  the  things 
which  are  not  seen.  His  death  was  a  wonderful  exhibition  of  trium- 
phant Grace.     He  was  the  comforter  and  we  the  comforted." 


SAMUEL  BOOKSTAVER  BELL. 

One  of  the  most  interesting  and  original  of  all  the  members  this 
Presbytery  has  ever  had  was  Dr.  Bell.  A  captivating  conversationalist, 
a  fluent  speaker,  a  strong  reasoner,  a  loyal  Presbyterian,  he  was  pop- 
ular in  the  pulpit  and  out  of  it.  Though  an  experienced  traveler,  an 
eloquent  orator,  a  high  Mason,  a  successful  politician,  educator  and 
editor,  he  could  say  of  himself:  "One  thing  is  absolutely  certain — 
I  have  under  all  circumstances  been  laboring  for  the  best  interests  of 
our  most  beloved  Presbyterian  church,  always  including,  as  first  and 
foremost,  the  salvation  of  all  souls."  He  was  thoroughly  familiar  with 
all  parts  of  our  land,  and  a  devoted  patriot,  never  more  at  home  than 
when  making  a  patriotic  address.  An  extended  and  valualjle  sketch 
of  him  in  the  U.  S.  Biographical  Dictionary  (Mo.  volume,  pp.  546ff.) 
characteristically  says :  "Dr.  Bell  received  the  intelligence  of  the  fall 
of  Vicksburg  while  delivering  the  4th  of  July  oration  at  Jersey  City 
in  1863;  and  was  at  first  disposed  to  regard  the  telegram  as  too  good 
to  be  true.  But  when  convinced  of  the  truth,  he  dipped  his  oratorical 
wings  in  fire  and  soared  into  patriotic  flights  of  eloquence  unequaled 
since  the  first  immortal  Fourth  was  born  into  the  annals  of  historic 
days." 

We  have  not  space  to  give  as  lengthy  a  sketcli  as  we  would  like  to 
insert,  and  cannot  better  summarize  his  life  than  in  the  words  of  the 
memorial  spread  upon  the  records  of  Presbytery,  soon  after  his  death : 

"Rev.  Samuel  Bookstaver  Bell,  D.  D.,  died  at  Santa  Barbara,  Cal., 
Dec.  27,  1897,  aged  80  years.  He  was  born  in  Montgomery,  Orange  Co., 
N.  Y.,  Sept.  17,  1817.  In  his  early  manhood  ho  entered  upon  the  prac- 
tice of  law  in  his  native  State;  but  sul)sc(iiiently  prepared  himself  for 
the  Ministry  and  the  preaching  of  the  Gospel  became  his  life  work.    In 

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122  SKETCHES  OF  MINISTERS. 

1852  he  located  in  California,  where  he  became  influential  in. the  de- 
velopment of  that  new  country.  He  established  a  school  in  Oakland 
which  afterward  became  the  University  of  California.  He  took  a 
prominent  part  in  the  political  activities  of  that  State,  served  in  both 
branches  of  the  legislature,  presided  over  the  first  Eepublican  Conven- 
tion held  in  that  State,  and  was  a  personal  and  intimate  friend  of 
President  Lincoln  during  the  Civil  war. 

"He  founded  and  became  the  first  Pastor  of  the  First  Presbyterian 
church  of  Oakland,  Cal.,  where  is  now  one  of  the  strongest  organiza- 
tions in  our  denomination.  After  his  return  to  his  native  State,  he  was 
the  Pastor  of  several  very  influential  churches,  Lyons,  N.  Y.,  the  Con- 
gregational church,  Mansfie'd,  Ohio,  and  the  First  Presbyterian  church' 
Kansas  City,  Mo.,  being  among  the  number.  The  last  named  was  his 
last  pastoral  charge.  During  his  last  pastorate,  he  established  the  Alid- 
Continent,  a  weekly  religious  periodical  which  was  subsequently  merged 
into  the  St.  Louis  Evangelist,  which  afterward  became  a  part  of  the 
Herald  and  Presbyter.  After  the  sale  of  the  Mid-Continent,  he  re- 
turned to  California,  where  he  continued  to  reside  until  he  was  called 
to  his  heavenly  rest. 

"Dr.  Bell  possessed  rare  qualities.  He  was  a  man  of  fine  personal 
appearance,  endowed  with  great  talents.  In  the  pulpit  he  was  forcible 
and  magnetic.  He  gathered  and  held  large  audiences.  His  church 
always  grew  rapidly  in  membership.  He  was  very  kind  in  disposition ; 
was  animated  by  the  noblest  principles.  He  was  never  heard  to  say  an 
unkind  word,  or  even  a  word  of  criticism  of  any  other  Minister  or  any- 
one else.  He  would  not  suffer  a  word  to  be  said  in  his  hearing  against 
a  brother  Minister. 

"He  was  married  in  1845  to  Miss  Sophia  Walworth,  a  member 
of  Chancellor  Walworth's  family.  Mrs.  Bell  and  several  sons  and 
daughters,  all  grown,  survive  to  mourn  fhe  loss  of  a  husband  and 
father  whose  career  was  one  of  honor  and  distinction.'' 


WILLIAM  GILMORE  BELL. 

No  adequate  sketch  of  this  long-time  Pastor  of  the  church  at 
BoonTille  has  come  into  the  hand  of  the  writer  of  these  sketches.  He 
is  still  remembered,  however,  by  many  that  heard  him  preach  in  Boon- 
ville  and  others  of  our  churches  both  before  and  after  the  Civil  war. 
His  was  one  of  the  longest  pastorates  in  the  history  of  the  Presbytery, 
1840-1854.  After  leaving  Boonville  church  he  organized  Union 
church,  in  Cooper  county,  15  miles  from  Boonville,  and  supplied 
it  for  three  years.  He  then  went  to  Texas  for  two  years,  but  returned 
to  Boonville  in  1862,  and  remained  in  the  bounds  of  this  Presbytery 
until  1870.  During  this  period  he  preached  in  several  of  our  churches 
not  otherwise  supplied.  Like  many  others  of  our  earlier  preachers, 
he  organized  a  school  of  which  he  had  charge  in. connection  with  his 


W.  G.  BELL.  123 

pastoral  work.     His  was  a  female  seminary,  which  he  kept  up  from 
1842  to  1858,  in  Boonville. 

After  the  war  he  identified  himself  with  the  Declaration  and 
Testimony  party,  though  later  in  Texas  he  was  a  member  of  the  North- 
ern tiynod,  of  which  he  was  for  a  time  Synodical  Missionary.  Upon 
his  death  in  1880  the  Synod  of  Texas  adopted  a  short  memorial,  saying 
among  other  things:  "Our  brother  belonged  to  the  old-style  Minis- 
rers  so  rapidly  passing  away.  His  appearance  as  well  as  his  method 
of  treating  truth  had  weight  and  dignity  about  it.  He  was  a  preacher 
whom  all  classes  were  glad  to  hear.  Solemnity  and  impressiveness 
were  in  all  his  words.  He  exalted  the  sovereignty  of  God  and  all  the 
grand  old  doctrines  of  grace  which  are  so  dear  to  the  Presbyterian 
church.  He  made  and  kept  many  friends.  Many  of  our  Synod  felt 
toward  him  as  toward  a  father.  *  *  *  We  bless  God  for  the  ac- 
quaintance and  fellowship  we  had  with  him." 


THOMAS  A.  BRACKEX. 

Dr.  Bracken  began  his  Ministerial  life  here,  having  been  ordained 
by  the  Presbytery  of  Upper  Missojiri  Oct.  15,  1848,  by  whom  he  was- 
also  installed  as  Pastor  of  the  Prairie  Church,  Lafa)'ette  county  on  the 
Saturday  before  the  second  Sabbath  in  December,  1849.  He 
remained  in  charge  of  the  Prairie  and  Hopewell  churches  until  dis- 
missed by  the  Presbytery  in  order  to  take  charge  of  the  church  of 
Independence.  There  he  was  Pastor  from  1855  to  the  war,  during 
which  he  went  to  Kentucky. 

Of  him  ]^evin's  Encyclopaedia  says:  "Sprung  from  the  Scotch- 
Irish  stock.  Dr.  Bracken  maintains  their  sturdy  adhesion  to  the  Con- 
fession of  Faith  and  the  Form  of  Government,  and  their  repugnance 
to  latitudinarianism  in  doctrine  or  laxity  in  morals.  As  a  preacher 
he  is  scriptural,  sound,  very  much  in  earnest,  rightly  dividing  the  Word 
of  Truth.  As  a  Pastor  he  had  the  happy  faculty  of  attaching  his  people 
warmly  to  himself." 


CHEISTOPHER  BRADSHAW. 

Among  the  pioneer  Ministers  of  Harmony  Presbytery  were  several 
from  East  Tennessee,  energetic,  persevering,  untiring  in  their  minis- 
trations both  in  organized  churches  and  in  scattered  communities 
They  preached  a  great  deal,  traveled  widely,  scattered  Bibles,  organized 
churches,  held  camp  meetings,  and  usually  farmed  a  little.  Their  type 
is  nearly  extinct  but  was  well  defined  and  highly  serviceable  in  its  day. 
Among  them  were  such  men  as  the  Morrisons,  Taylor,  Emerson,  Ren- 
shaw,  Ryland,  Xoel,  Ricketts,  :McMillaii.  Hradshaw  and  others.  Most 
of  them  were  trained  at  ^Marvville  College.    The  materials  are  not  at 


124  SKETCHES  OF  MINISTERS. 

hand  for  sketches  of  the  majority  of  them.  As  a  typical  example  it  may 
be  interesting  now  to  notice  a  tew  facts  concerning  the  Rev.  Christo- 
pher Bradshaw,  gleaned  from  a  variety  of  sources.  No  soit  of  a  full 
sketch  of  him  has  been  found. 

In  the  absence  of  the  records  of  the  Harmony  Presbytery,  it  is 
not  known  just  when  he  came  to  this  State.  The  earliest  notice  so  far 
discovered  is  that  he  was  commissioned  by  the  A.  H.  M.  S.  for  Salem, 
Warsaw  and  Post  Oak,  Sept.  5,  184-1.  He  attended  the  meeting  of  the 
N.  S.  Synod  of  Missouri,  for  the  first  time,  in  Oct.  1844.  He  seems 
to  have  lived  at  Salem,  Henry  Co.  Probably  he  had  at  that  early  date 
begun  to  labor  as  a  later  commission  authorized  him  to  do  "among 
the  destitutions  of  the  Presbytery"  at  varous  points  not  at  once  organ- 
ized into  churches.  Post  Oak  was  not  organized  until  184G.  Warrens- 
burg,  where  he  preached  as  early  as  1847  was  not  organized  until  1853. 
Among  his  reports  published  in  the  Home  Missionary  is  one  (Sept. 
1846,  p.  104)  in  which  he  says: 

"Our  Presbytery  held  its  spring  sessions,  including  the  third 
Sabbath  of  March,  on  the  Little  Osage,  Bates  County  [which  then 
included  Vernon  Co.],  in  Brother  Dodge's  church.  We  had  an  inter- 
esting meeting,  and  some  evidence  of  the  presence  of  the  Spirit  of 
God,  attending  a  preached  Word.  On  my  return  home,  I  received  a 
letter  from  a  commission  merchant  at  Boonville  saying  that  they  had 
a  box  subject  to  my  order.  It  contained  some  articles  of  clothing  for 
my  family,  sent  from  St.  Louis,  and  six  Sabbath  school  lilu-aries,  sent 
as  a  donation  from  the  Massachusetts  Sabbath  School  Society  to  the 
far  West.  Since  the  reception  of  those  libraries,  I  have  organized  six 
Sabbath  schools,  in  places  where  there  had  never  been  any  schools 
before.  In  organizing  these  schools  I  rode  more  than  2000  miles.  My 
last  two  months  have  been  a  busy  season.  I  preach  seventeen  times  in 
the  month.  But  I  esteem  it  a  great  privilege  to  finish  the  evening  of 
my  life  in  my  Master's  vineyard,  especially  in  feeding  the  lambs." 

He  was  then  past  sixty  years  of  age,  but  continued  vigorous  and 
hearty  in  regular  work  for  many  years  after  that,  down  to  his  death 
in  1860.  An  interesting  incident  concerning  him,  at  about  this  period 
of  life,  appears  in  reminiscences  of  Dr.  John  Leighton  at  the  semi- 
centennial of  the  Synod  of  Missouri.  In  describing  the  meeting  of 
Synod  held  in  Mr.  Bradshaw's  church  at  Salem,  Jn  1845,  Dr.  Leighton 
says : 

"This  roughness  of  material  things,  as  may  be  supposed,  opened 
the  way  to  a  corresponding  freedom  in  the  acts  of  worship — an  uncon- 
straint  which  would  now  be  called  'free  and  easy.'  While  there  were 
far  more  spirit  and  devotion  in  the  singing  than  we  now  witness,  it 
was  loud  and  discharged  from  all  scientific  exactness.  Sometimes  the 
tune  would  seem  to  be  an  impromptu  composition.  Numbers  of  the 
afrs  and  hymns  sung  at  the  campmeeting  were  of  the  popular  Metho- 
dist style.  Dr.  David  Nelson,  Rev.  James  Gallaher  and  some  others 
had  the  voice  of  a  silver  trumpet- — strong  and  mellow,  and  the  first 


CHRISTOPHER  BRADSHAW.  125 

named  especially  would  occasionally  come  in  where  no  hymn  was  ex- 
pected with  a  solo  that  would  move  the  heart  and  start  the  tears.  As 
for  musical  instruments,  I  cannot  say  there  was  the  least  prejudice 
against  them;  but  for  the  reason  there  was  no  occasion  for  prejudice, 
instruments  being  universally  unknown  and  undesired. 

"Accompanying  the  singing,  particularly  on  the  great  state  oc- 
casions, there  was  the  exercise  of  handshaking,  though  this  was  not 
common.  The  custom  seems  to  have  been  brought  in  by  good  brethren 
from  Tennessee  who  had  a  number  of  ways  peculiar  to  them  and  not 
laid  down  in  the  book.  These  brethren  formed  quite  an  element  in  our 
churches  in  Missouri,  chief  of  whom  were  Dr.  Nelson  and  the  (iallaher 
brothers.  In  the  year  1845  I  attended  the  Xew  School  Synod  which 
met  somewhere  in  the  woods  in  Henry  County,  having  consumed  near- 
ly four  days  in  reaching  the  place  from  Palmyra.  The  meeting  was 
held  in  the  basilica,  as  we  may  call  the  large  shed.  And  let  it  be  said, 
our  meetings  of  Presbytery  and  Synod  were  then  far  more  popular  and 
devotional  than  at  present.  There  was  not  much  business  to  attend  to, 
and  there  was  preaching  twice  or  three  times  a  day;  and  this  brought 
out  all  our  people  and  a  great  many  besides.  On  the  occasion  I  speak 
of,  there  came  up  a  storm  one  afternoon,  which  drove  us  to  what  was 
called  "the  church,"  a  log  house  such  as  I  have  described,  having  one 
opening  for  a  window,  but  no  glass.  The  pious  company  were  stand- 
ing up  and  singing,  when  suddenly  a  movement  was  made  which  was 
novel  to  me.  Across  the  floor  from  where  I  stood  and  near  the  open 
door,. was  Father  Bradshaw,  the  Pastor  of  the  church.  While  singing 
with  much  spirit  he  advanced  and  took  the  hand  of  a  brother  and  shook 
it  with  vigor.  Thought  I,  'This  is  a  brother  the  Pastor  has  not 
chanced  to  see  during  the  meeting,  and  he  takes  the  liberty  of  greeting 
him  in  the  midst  of  the  devotions.'  Presently  he  advances  and  shakes 
the  hand  of  a  second  stranger.  'And  here  is  another,'  I  said  to  my- 
self,' he  has  not  met  before.'  And  not  till  he  had  approached  a  third 
and  fourth  did  the  truth  burst  on  my  mind.  When  I  saw  the  good 
l*aslor  advancing  to  my  part  of  the  room,  I  stiffly  turned  my  face  to 
the  log  wall,  expecting  that  he  would  pass  me  by.  In  this  I  was  dis- 
appointed. He  laid  hold  upon  my  shoulder  and  gave  me  a  violent  pull 
around  and  then  took  me  vigorously  by  the  hand,  a  Christian  honor 
which  I  neither  understood  nor  deserved."  Other  equally  interesting 
incidents  of  that  meeting  of  the  Synod  are  related  in  the  same  place. 
His  whole  paper  on  "Primitive  Presbyterianism  in  Missouri"  is  exceed- 
ingly readable  and  graphic. 

In  the  fall  of  1846  Mr.  Bradshaw  wrote  of  the  loss  of  his  wife,  his 
companion  for  nearly  forty  years,  and  then  reported  the  religious  con- 
dition of  his  field.  He  spoke  of  a  "refreshing  season"  at  a  camp  meet- 
ing he  had  held  with  Mr.  Dodge  at  Little  Osage,  and  then  of  a  meeting 
of  Presbytery  which  "was  very  refreshing  to  the  brethren  who  ordi- 
narily meet  but  twice  a  year ;  and  it  was  made  a  good  meeting  to  the 
church."    Would  that  as  much  could  be  said  of  the  average  meeting  of 


126  SKETCHES  OF  MINISTERS. 

Presbytery  nowadays  !  He  continued :  "In  reviewing  the  year  that  is 
past  I  have  reason  to  speak  of  nothing  but  mercy  and  goodness.  I 
have  been  enabled  to  preach  more  than  two  hundred  sermons  and  visit 
more  than  that  number  of  famihes.  I  have  never  coine  to  the  close  of 
any  former  year  with  more  strength  and  comfort  than  the  past.  I 
thank  God  for  health  and  strength  and  the  opportunity  to  labor  one 
more  year  in  His  vineyard."  The  next  year  he  is  reported  to  have  had 
a  parish  covering  the  counties  of  Henry,  Johnson,  Benton  and  Pettis. 
An  additional  note  says :  "This  service  allows  him  but  three  or  four 
days  in  a  month  to  rest  and  for  reading  and  writing ;  all  the  remainder 
is  taken  up  in  riding,  visiting  families  and  preaching.  Often  in  the  win- 
ter he  has  met  the  people  at  different  points  on  his  route  and  preached 
to  them  in  the  evening  in  such  groups  as  could  be  gathered  in  private 
houses." 

At  some  time  after  the  death  of  Mr.  Dodge  ( 1848),  Mr.  Bradshaw 
became  the  supply  of  the  Little  Osage  Church,  where  he  remained  the 
rest  of  his  life,  supplying  also  the  Marmiton  Church.  There  he  died 
and  was  buried  in  May,  1860.  By  some  still  living  he  is  remembered 
as  "an  excellent  man  and  a  very  good  preacher." 


WILLIAM  LEWIS  BRECKENEIDGE. 

During  the  short  time  that  Dr.  Breckenridge  was  a  member  of  this 
Presbytery  he  was  greatly  beloved,  and,  though  nominally  retired  to  his 
farm,  he  did  good  work  in  several  of  our  churches,  especially  those  of 
Pleasant  Hill  and  Eaymore.  He  was  an  earnest  advocate  of  Old 
School  principles  that  protested  against  Keunion ;  yet  entered  heartily 
into  the  work  of  the  united  Church,  where  he  soon  felt  at  home. 

The  following  estimate  of  his  character  is  quoted  by  Kevin's  En- 
cyclopaedia from  the  pen  of  his  life-long  friend.  Rev.  Dr.  Edward  P. 
Humphrey :  "The  grace  of  God  which  took  possession  of  his  mind  and 
heart  when  about  fifteen  years  old  gave  sweetness  and  dignity  to  his 
elevated  nature,  true  love  to  Christ  and  to  the  souls  of  men,  together  with 
a  spirit  of  self-sacrifice  and  of  unquestioning  obedience  to  God.  As  a 
preacher  he  was  instructive,  lucid  and  thoroughly  evangelical.  He  had 
a  clear  conception,  and  intelligent  and  experimental  knowledge  of  tl  e 
Gospel,  and  expounded  the  saving  truths  with  great  simplicity,  and 
often  with  an  earnestness,  a  pathos,  a  persuasive  power,  that  brought 
his  hearers  into  captivity  to  the  obedience  of  Christ.  iVnd  then  a  cer- 
tain propulsive  power  was  imparted  to  his  discourses  by  his  manliness, 
his  moral  and  physical  courage,  his  profound  conviction  of  the  truth 
and  glory  of  the  Gospel,  and  by  the  unspotted  purity  of  his  life.  His 
character  came  with  him  into  the  pulpit;  it  robed  his  person  with 
honor  when  he  walked  through  the  streets.  What  men  thought  of  him 
strengthened  all  our  Ministers  of  every  church  in  the  confidence  of  the 
community. 


W.  L.  BRECKENRIDGE.  127 

"Fevr  men  have  been  so  diligent  and  useful  in  pastoral  visitation. 
His  fine  social  qualities,  his  ready,  even  spontaneous,  sympathy,  his 
sense  of  propriety  and  delicacj,  made  him  welcome  always  to  the  fam- 
ilies of  his  congregation.  The  sick  and  dying  and  the  bereaved  turned 
to  him  as  at  once  a  learner  and  a  teacher  in  the  school  of  Christ,  the 
Consoler.  His  labors  as  a  Pastor  were  the  most  prominent,  and  as  he 
thought,  the  most  fruitful  branch  of  his  ministry.  Through  these  la- 
bors he  reached  a  place  in  the  love  of  the  people  which  has  not  been 
often  attained  in  our  generation. 

"In  the  Presbyterian  Church  at  large  he  was  a  wise  and  trusted 
counsellor.  He  loved  the  Church;  he  consecrated  himself,  body  and 
spirit,  down  to  the  end  of  his  days,  to  its  welfare.  His  brethren 
throughout  the  land  committed  to  him  the  most  sacred  trusts,  and  they 
bestowed  on  him  the  highest  honors  of  the  profession."  He  was  Mod- 
erator of  the  General  Assembly,  Old  School,  in  1859,  at  Indianapolis. 

Dr.  George  Miller,  who  knew  him  well,  wrote  of  Dr.  Brecken- 
ridge  as  "that  noble  type  of  a  true  Christian  gentleman.  We  knew  him 
not  in  his  meridian  splendor,  but  in  the  evening  of  a  day  adorned  with 
great  wisdom,  worth  and  usefulness ;  but  Oh !  how  much  of  sweetness, 
brightness,  good  cheer  and  heavenly  joy  in  those  closing  hours  of  a 
truly  beautiful  life !" 


JOHN  M.  BROWN. 

The  man  who  at  the  close  of  the  Civil  War  was  sent  by  District 
Secretary  Norton  to  be  one  of  the  reorganizers  of  the  Presbytery  of 
Osage,  was  the  Rev.  John  M.  Brown.  He  soon  made  his  influence 
widely  felt.  He  was  a  son  of  the  Rev. Amos  P.Brown,  who  was  for  many 
years  a  missionary  in  New  York,  Missouri  and  Illinois.  He  did  more 
than  any  other  one  man  of  the  field  work,  resulting  in  the  re-establish- 
ment of  our  Church  in  the  Presbyteries  of  Osage  and  Ozark.  Coming 
to  his  field  soon  after  he  had  finished  his  service  in  the  Union  army,  he 
arrived  in  Warsaw  early  in  December,  18G5.  Before  he  had  been  there 
a  week  he  wrote  Dr.  Norton  an  account  of  what  he  had  found  in  th3 
Churches  of  Warsaw  and  North  Prairie,  twenty  miles  south,  which 
were  to  be  his  immediate  field,  and  of  his  trip  to  visit  the  Cave  Spring 
(Walnut  Grove)  Church.  Of  that  first  exploring  trip  he  wrote:  "I 
have  had  a  very  hard  but  very  pleasant  and  encouraging  trip.  I  was 
compelled  to  travel  sixty  miles  on  foot,  often  in  mud  and  rain,  with 
pack  on  my  back,  soldier  fashion.  Hope  to  have  it  easier  now,  as  I 
have  a  horse." 

The  next  month  he  wrote  (Jan.  18,  1866)  :  "These  desolations 
cannot  be  restored  unless  we  have  hel}).  We  are  straining  every  nerve 
— traveling  in  all  kinds  of  weather  and  over  all  kinds  of  roads  for  long 
distances — preaching  on  the  Sabbath, visiting  and  talking  all  the  week; 
faring    sometimes  like  John  the  Baptist  in  the  wilderness,  or  worse; 


128    ,  SKETCHES  OF  MINISTERS. 

and  yet  we  fall  far  behind  the  needs  of  our  field  *****  My  cir- 
cuit (just  marked  over  and  enlarged)  measures  more  than  two 
hundred  miles  around ;  and  this  must  be  traveled  at  least  once  in  four 
weeks — sometimes  once  in  two  weeks — and  this  not  by  railroad,  but  on 
horseback  or  in  a  buggy.  This  is  too  much  labor  for  frail  mortality, 
this  cold,  storm}',  winter  weather.  Then  we  cannot  half  finish  our 
work.  About  all  we  can  do  is  to  say  'Good  morning'  to  a  Church  and 
then  'Good-bye.'  These  hurried  visits,  as  you  well  know,  are  not  the 
way  to  build  up  Presbyterian  Churches.  I  believe  our  labors  will  bj 
largely  lost  unless  we  can  have  help.  Can  you  not  send  on  a  man  im- 
mediately ?*****  As  I  said  in  a  previous  letter,  now  is 
the  time  to  strike  in  this  region  *****  Next  week  I  expect 
to  start  on  a  trip  west,  as  far  as  Fort  Scott,  Kansas." 

A  month  later  he  tells  of  having,  since  his  last  letter,  organized 
a  church  at  Clinton,  and  received  into  the  Presbtery  the  churches  of 
Warsaw  and  Mt.  Zion,  that  had  been  compelled  to  leave  the  New 
School  body  before  the  war,  when  the  Presbytery  of  Osage  was  virtu- 
ally dissolved.  Arrangements  were  made  on  that  trip  to  build  a  house 
of  worship  at  Clinton,  and  to  repair  that  at  Warsaw.  He  had  arranged 
to  move  to  the  Mt.  Zion  church  and  made  that  his  headquarters  there- 
after. Very  naturally  he  appealed  for  more  men.  "What  about  these 
twenty  counties  in  my  field?  It  seems  to  me  this  matter  is  getting 
rather  serious.  And  we  don't  want  any  but  first-rate  men,  men  of  good 
natural  abilities,  of  apostolic  zeal  and  large  discretion,  men  that  are 
not  afraid  of  self-denial  and  hard  work,  men  that  expect  to  succeed. 
And  such  men  will  succeed !  Large  patience  too  is  necessary.  The 
work  is  not  to  be  accomplished  by  storm.  The  labor  is  with  individ- 
uals, as  well  as  communities.  And  these  individuals  are  not  all  living 
side  by  side  in  nice  little  towns,  with  dry,  clean  side  walks ;  but  they 
are  scattered  all  over  the  country.  In  one  church  which  I  have  ex- 
plored, the  members  are  spread  over  territory  fifteen  miles  square.  I 
have  visited  all  but  three  members,  and  spent  from  three  to  twenty- 
four  hours  with  each  family.  This  is  immense  labor;  but  the  work 
cannot  be  well  done  in  any  other  way.  But  I  need  not  tell  you  these 
things ;  for  you  know  all  about  it  by  experience.  But,  can't  you  hurry 
on  that  man  ?" 

Other  letters  show  the  same  indefatigable  worker.  In  Oct.,  1867, 
Dr.  Norton  wrote  of  him :  "This  brother  is  performing  a  great  work 
here,  and  all  through  Southwest  Missouri.  His  labors  are  incessant. 
One-half  of  his  Sabbaths  he  spends  with  Mt.  Zion  church,  one  Sabbath 
in  the  month  with  the  Springfield  church,  and  one  Sabbath  with  tlu 
new  church  at  Osceola,  fifty  miles  north ;  he  makes  also  long  tours  in 
various  directions.  Besides  he  is  the  chief  planner  of  the  new  church 
edifice,  and  the  chief  executive  officer  in  getting  it  forward.  At  the 
same  time  he  is  building  a  house  for  himself  in  which  in  its  unfinished 
state,  he  entertained,  during  the  whole  meeting,  all  the  Ministers  of 
the  Presbyterv,  with  the  wives  and  children  of  two  of  them.     I^et  our 


J.  M.  BROWN.  129 

churches  not  complain  of  supporting  on  the    Missionary    field    such 
laborers  as  this." 

One  more  quotation,  from  a  letter  written  to  Svnodical  Mission- 
ary Timothy  Hill,  Dec.  31,  1868,  shows  that,  though  a  resident  of  what 
is  now  Ozark  Presbytery,  he  kept  up  with  the  advancement  of  the 
whole  Presbytery,  some  idea  of  whose  extent  may  be  gained  from  his 
description  of  his  labors.  "You  ask  about  my  field.  Well,  it  is  160 
miles  long  and  100  miles  wide.  Thus  you  see  'no  pent-up  Utica'  re- 
strains my  powers.  I  preach  three-fourths  of  my  time  to  two  churches ; 
the  remaining  one  fourth,  I  skim  over  my  field,  looking  up  Presbyter- 
ian members,  preaching,  and  organizing  churches.  Bro.  Matthews,  a 
Licentiate  of  our  Presbytery,  is  my  only  assistant.  *  *  *  Last  week  I 
returned  from  a  two  weeks'  trip  to  the  eastern  part  of  my  field. 
Traveled  on  horse-back;  reached  a  point  120  miles  away  from  home; 
rode  300  miles;  preached  eight  times;  administered  the  Sacrament, 
and  received  several  members  into  our  little  church  at  White  Rock 
(Texas  Co.)  ;  explored  Howell  county,  found  Presbyterians  to  consti- 
tute a  church ;  and  heard  of  several  other  points  waiting  for  a  Minis- 
ter to  visit  them.  Bro.  Matthews  was  with  tne.  One  of  the  points 
named  above  is  Lebanon,  a  growing  town  on  the  Southwest  railroad. 
I  expect  to  visit  this  place  in  Jan.,  and  hope  to  organize  a  church  soon. 
They  are  crowding  this  Southwest  railroad  through;  and  in  less  than 
two  years  there  will  be  a  dozen  stations  needing  attention.  *  *  *  Of 
course  our  little  field  will  then  become  a  big  field.  Where  are  we  to 
find  the  men  to  enter  in  and  possess  this  land?  In  the  western  part 
of  my  field  are  the  counties  of  Yernon,  Barton,  Dade,  Cedar  and  Polk, 
without  a  single  Presbyterian  church;  but  there  are  Presbyterian  fam- 
ilies scattered  over  them;  and  churches  might  be  organized,  had  we 
the  men  to  do  the  work.  But  as  we  have  not  a  single  'good,  easy'  place 
I  fear  the  men  will  be  slow  in  coming.  •  *  *  *  Now,  Bro.  Hill,  if  you 
will  visit  us  this  winter  or  spring,  I  will  furnsh  conveyance,  and  we 
will  go  together  across  this  wide  field.  *  *  *  I  will  meet  you  at  But- 
ler or  Clinton."  [As  there  were  no  railroads  then  to  use  on  this  trip, 
the  full  import  of  this  simple  proposition,  which,  by  the  way,  was  ac- 
cepted, can  be  appreciated  only  by  a  study  of  the  map.] 

"As  to  a  box  of  clothing,"  he  continues,  "one  in  the  spring  would 
not  come  amiss ;  but  I  could  hardly  ask  it,  as  we  received  a  box  of  sec- 
ond hand  clothing  in  Sept.,wliich  will  help  us  through  the  winter.  And 
yet,  if  the  truth  must  be  told,  we  do  need  such  aid,  for  within  fifteen 
months  I  have  given  three  hundred  dollars  to  build  churches,  help  poor 
students  and  the  cause  generally.  This  has  drawn  so  heavily  on  my 
salary  of  $900  that  I  find  it  very  diflBcult  to  support  my  family  of  eight 
on  the  remainder.  With  this  statement  I  will  leave  the  matter  alto- 
gether with  you."  [Perhaps  the  foregoing  paragraph  is  of  such  a 
private  nature  that  it  ought  not  to  see  the  light,  at  least  when  the  name 
is  given.      It  is  given,  however,  as  a  matter  of  justice  to  the  spirit  of 


IHO  SKETCHES  OF  MINISTERS. 

self-sacrifice  so  common  among  Home  Missionaries,  especially  those 
on  the  frontier.  Their  labors  and  their  privations  are  rarely  under- 
stood, even  by  their  more  fortunate  brethren  in  the  Ministry.] 


CHARLES  H.  BRUCE. 

A  short  sketch  of  this  brother  appears  in  the  Presbyterian  Maga- 
zine, Apr.,  189G,  p.  33 :  "Rev.  Charles  H.  Bruce,  D.  D.  is  a  native  of 
Beaver  county,  Pa.  He  is  a  graduate  of  Meadville  (Pa.)  College,  class 
of  1879,  of  which  he  was  valedictorian,  and  a  graduate  of  Allegheny 
Theological  Seminary.  His  first  ministerial  work  was  as  a  Home 
Missionary  in  Iowa,  where  he  labored  nearly  four  years.  At  Guthrie 
Center,  (Iowa),  during  his  pastorate  a  neat  and  comfortable  church 
building  was  erected.  In  1885  he  was  Pastor  of  the  church  at  Union 
City,  Pa.,  where  he  remained  two  years;  and  on  Feb.  25, 1887,  he  began 
his  pastorate  in  Kansas  City.  In  the  early  months  of  his  present 
charge  the  church  assumed  self-support.  This  has  been  Dr.  Bruce 's 
longest  pastorate  and  excepting  the  Roman  Catholic  and  Episcopal 
Pastors,  there  are  only  three  Ministers  in  the  city  who  exceed  him  in 
the  length  of  their  pastorates.  In  1893  he  was  Moderator  of  the  Synod 
of  Missouri.  The  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity  was  conferred  upon 
him  by  his  Alma  Mater  in  1895." 

The  pastorate  of  Dr.  Bruce  in  the  Fifth  church  of  Kansas  City 
was  the  second  longest  in  the  history  of  the  Presbytery  as  now  organ- 
ized. Possibly  we  ought  to  call  it  the  longest,  inasmuch  as  the  one  that 
appears  on  the  records  of  Presbytery  as  the  longest  was  entered  upon 
at  once  after  the  coming  of  the  Pastor  to  take  charge  of  the  pulpit, 
whereas  Dr.  Bruce  was  in  charge  of  the  Fifth  church  several  months 
before  he  was  installed.  Ten  years  may  seem  an  unusually  short  pas- 
torate in  some  Presbyteries;  but  other  Western  Presbyteries  will  usu- 
ally show  much  the  same  facts  as  to  the  length  of  pastorate  that  are 
shown  in  this  Presbytery.  It  is  an  honor  to  any  man  to  hold  a  pastor- 
ate for  ten  years  in  any  of  our  growing  and  rapidly  changing  Western 
cities.  No  man  with  less  ability,  common  sense  and  spirituality  than 
Dr.  Bruce  has,  could  have  held  the  difficult  position  he  held  for  any- 
thing like  as  long  as  he  did.  Notwithstanding  all  the  removals  occa- 
sioned by  the  ordinary  shifting  of  a  city  population  and  by  the  occur- 
rence during  this  pastorate  of  the  worst  season  of  business  depression 
ever  known  in  the  West,  there  were  at  the  close  of  this  period  nearly  two 
and  a  half  times  as  many  members  on  the  church  roll  as  at  its  begin- 
ning. The  church  and  its  Pastor  were  among  the  most  influential  and 
respected  in  the  city.  Dr.  Bruce  was  President  of  the  Ministers'  Alli- 
ance of  Kansas  City,  and  also  of  the  Presbyterian  Alliance,  of  which  he 
was  one  of  the  founders  and  chief  promoters.  He  was  one  of  the  most 
faithful  and  efficient  members  of  Presbytery  and  Synod,  by  both  of 
which  he  was  honored  by  election  to  their  highest  offices  and  important 


C.  H.  BRUCE.  ]31 


conuuittees.  He  was  a  good  preacher,  a  valuable  counsellor,  a  genial 
companion,  a  Christian  gentleman,  whose  departure  from  the  city  and 
the  Presbytery  was  much  regretted  by  his  many  acquaintances  in  and 
out  of  his  own  parish. 


JAMES  F.  BRUNER. 

It  is  rarely  that  one  who  in  early  life  wished  to  enter  the  Ministry 
but  was  then  prevented  does  enter  it  later  in  life.  After  graduating 
at  Hanover  College,  Indiana,  in  1840,  Dr.  Bruner  began  the  study  ot' 
theology  at  New  Albany  Seminary  (now  McCorniick)  ;  but  was  com- 
pelled to  give  up  the  Ministry  on  account  of  throat  disease.  He  then 
studied  medicine  and  became  a  successful  practitioner  for  many  years. 
During  this  time  he  was  elected  Ruling  Elder  in  one  of  the  churches 
of  what  is  now  Platte  Presbytery.  As  his  throat  finally  became  better, 
he  studied  theology  privately,  and  frequently  exercised  his  gifts  in 
neighboring  churches.  While  still  continuing  the  practice  of  medicine, 
he  was  in  1858  chosen  Vice-President  of  Pleasant  Ridge  College. 
While  there  he  nreached  every  Sabbath.  During  the  war  he  was  a 
Surgeon  in  the  U.  S.  army,  and  was  called  "the  Preaching  Surgeon." 

"In  the  spring  of  187-1,"  he  writes,  "without  any  solicitation  what- 
ever on  my  part,  Osage  Presbytery  (now  Kansas  City)  decided  unani- 
mously it  was  my  duty  to  be  regularly  licensed.  Examination  immedi- 
ately followed.  Preached  that  night,  and  was  licensed;  and  then 
ordained  at  the  fall  meeting."  That  was  a  pretty  summary  proce-s ; 
but  it  resulted  in  good  work  in  the  Salt  Springs  and  Malta  Bend 
churches,  the  latter  of  which  he  organized.  After  three  years  on  that 
field,  he  was  dismissed  to  the  Presbytery  of  Trinit}',  Texas,  where  he 
remained  six  years,  and  then  returned  to  this  Presbytery. 


JOSEPH  HARTSEL  BYERS. 

At  different  times  Mr.  Byers  was  the  Supply  of  five  of  the 
churches  of  this  Presbytery  in  all  of  which  he  labored  hard  and  faitli- 
fully  with  a  fair  degree  of  success.  Through  evangelistic  services  his 
influence  was  strongly  felt  for  good  in  at  least  as  many  more.  Coming 
to  this  Presbytery  after  a  short  pastorate  in  Kentucky,  he  threw  into 
his  work  here  all  the  vigor  and  enthusiasm  of  his  young  manhood, 
and  had  a  prominent  part  in  the  stirring  times  and  scenes  accompany- 
ing the  reorganization,  extension  and  reunion  of  Presbyterian  work  in 
the  Presbytery  now  known  as  that  of  Kansas  City.  His  first  field  of 
labor  among  us  was  Creighton  and  Knobnoster,  where  he  remained 
from  1807-70.  He  then  took  charge  of  the  Third  church  in  Kan-as 
City,  for  one  year,  and  of  Lexington  for  three  years,  until  his  removal 
to  California  in  1874.     During  this  period  he  was  also  the  efficient 


132  SKETCHES  OF  MINISTERS. 

Stated  Clerk  of  the  Presbytery  of  Osage.  Eeturniug  in  1877,  he  began 
work  that  fall  in  Nevada,  Mo.,  where  he  organized  the  church  the  fol- 
lowing February,  and  remained  two  years. 

An  obituary  notice  of  him  truly  says :  "Obeying  the  promptings 
of  a  Missionary  spirit  he,  with  his  young  wife  and  infant  son,  went  to 
the  prairies  of  the  West,  working  under  the  Home  Mission  Board  in 
the  States  of  Missouri,  California,  Nevada,  Kansas  and  Illinois.  For 
35  years  he  ceased  not  to  proclaim  the  everlasting  Gospel,  adding  to 
the  church  by  profession  and  by  certificate  1085  persons,  organizing 
six  churches,  dedicating  nine  church  houses,  and  delivering  4741  ser- 
mons, besides  Bible  readings,  lectures,  etc.  He  took  special  delight 
in  holding  evangelistic  services,  often  giving  25  or  30  sermons  con- 
secutively, night  after  night,  with  an  abundant  harvest  and  feast  of 
ino^atherinff.'" 


HENEY  MARTYN  CAMPBELL. 

Mr.  Campbell's  stay  in  this  Presbytery  was  short,  but  long  enough 
to  make  his  influence  felt  in  the  congregation  he  served,  and  to  win  the 
confidence  and  esteem  of  his  fellow-laborers  in  the  Presbytery.  Com- 
ing to  us  after  being  out  of  the  Seminary  but  a  year,  he  took  hold  of 
a  difficult  field  in  the  eastern  edge  of  Kansas  City,  to  which  the  Fourth 
church,  originally  located  on  the  west  side  of  the  city  had  but  recent- 
ly been  transferred.  The  location  of  the  building  was  by  many 
thought  to  be  unfavorable  and  the  times  unpropitious  to  the  sustaining 
of  any  enterprise  not  already  thoroughly  established.  Still  the  work 
was  blessed.  The  church  grew  slowly,  but  the  Pastor  was  evidently  do- 
ing such  faithful  and  efficient  work  that  when  there  was  a  vacancy  in 
a  similar  though  much  more  promising  field  in  St.  Louis,  he  was  called 
to  take  charsre  of  it.  There  the  lessons  he  had  learned  here  and  the 
ability  he  had  shown  led  to  immediate  and  large  results  in  the  Cote 
Brilliant  church.  During  the  two  years  he  spent  in  this  Presbytery 
he  was  honored  by  election  to  its  moderatorship  and  to  a  place  on  its 
permanent  Committee  on  Home  Missions. 


HIRAM  CHAMBERLAIN. 

An  extended  sketch  of  the  Rev.  Hiram  Chamberlain  appeared  in 
the  Preshyterian  Recorder  for  Feb.,  185(),  p.  215-222,  from  wliich  wc 
have  made  a  quotation  in  the  sketch  of  the  Boonville  church.  Aside 
from  the  facts  that  appear  elsewhere  under  the  tabular  history,  the 
sketch  shows  that  Mr.  Chamberlain  received  his  first  commission  to 
labor  in  Missouri  from  the  United  Domestic  Missionary  Society  in 
October,  1825.  He  was  granted  the  usual  outfit  of  $100  to  defray  his 
traveling  expenses  to  his  field  of  labor,  and  expected  to  get  at  least  the 


H.  CHAMBERLAIX.  133 

greater  part  of  his  salary  from  the  church  he  might  find  desirous  of 
his  services. 

"He  arrived  in  St.  Louis  January  8,  1826,  where  he  remained 
until  autumn,  when  he  left  and  spent  the  winter  at  the  Dardenne  in 
St.  Charles  county.  *  *  *  He  remained  at  the  Dardenne  but  a  short 
time,  as  we  find  him  reported  in  Oct.,  1827,  at  the  Jefferson  Barracks, 
and  no  longer  receiving  aid  from  the  Society."  While  there  he  was 
Chaplain  in  the  army.  "In  the  spring  of  the  following  year  he  re- 
turned East,  and  began  to  act  as  the  agent  of  the  A.  H.  M.  S.,  princi- 
pally in  the  eastern  part  of  New  York.  This  agency  was  not  continued 
long,  for  we  find  him  again  in  this  State  in  December  followiiiLi,-,  com- 
missioned as  an  agent  for  Missouri.    *  *  * 

"•Soon  after  his  return  he  went  to  Franklin  in  Howard  county, 
on  the  Missouri  river,  opposite  Boonville,  and  located  there.  He  was 
then  far  in  advance  of  any  other  man.  *  *  *  We  soon  find  Mr.  C' 
across  the  river,  stationed  at  Boonville,  and  the  church  which  was  or- 
ganized at  Franklin  is  changed  to  Boonville.  While  at  Boonville  he 
seems  to  have  led  the  usual  life  of  a  Missionar}^,  as  he  speaks  from  time 
to  time  of  additions  to  his  church,  of  organizing  Sabbath  scho;)ls  and 
commencing  a  course  of  weekly  lectures,  etc.  During  all  his  residence 
here  he  was  a  frontier  Missionary,  'standing  alone,  in  advance  of  every 
Presbyterian  clergyman  in  the  land,  with  eight  counties  around  him, 
some  of  whose  inhabitants  fre((iiL'ntly  called,  and  called  in  vain  for 
help.'"  *  *  * 

The  extreme  character  of  his  position  is  seen  in  one  of  his  letters 
describing  a  visit  to  the  neighboring  town  of  Liberty  in  Clay  county. 
He  wrote:  "To  my  surprise  when  I  arrived  at  Liberty,  a  small  but 
flourishing  town  near  the  territory,  [i.  e.,  the  Indian  Territory,  now 
the  State  of  Kansas],  I  was  requested  to  form  a  Presbyterian  church. 
Want  of  time  prevented  me  from  complying  with  the  request,  but  I 
was  assured  that  15  or  20  communicants  could  be  collected  for  that  pur- 
pose. Such  facts  exist  on  the  frontiers  of  Missouri,  while  at  Franklin 
is  the  most  western  Presbyterian  church  organized.  In  going  and 
returning,  I  traveled  between  200  and  300  miles,  preaching  the  Gospel 
almost  daily,  and  often  was  I  told  had  preached  the  first  Presbyterian 
sermon  ever  heard  in  that  region.  I  was  received  with  kindness  and 
heard  with  interest;  and  on  the  very  borders  of  civilization  I  found 
intelligence  and  refinement.  A  Missionary  is  wanted  at  Liberty  this 
very  hour;  there  are  some  Christians  there  who  desire  it.  There  is  a 
military  post  near  it  in  this  territory.  Several  tribes  of  half  civilized 
Indians  have  been  sent  into  the  neighborhood  by  the  Government; 
they  occupy  small  portions  of  the  territory,  and  must  cultivate  theii 
lands  or  starve.  The  man  who  goes  there  may  benefit  future  genera- 
tions of  red  men  and  white  men.  The  place  is  healthy,  the  land  is  rich 
and  the  people  are  intelligent."    Where  are  those  red  men  now? 

•Those  who  care  to  know  something  of  the  later  life  of  this  pioneer  and  of  his 
change  from  the  New  School  to  the  Old  School  church  may  find  It  in  the  sketch 
referred  to. 


184  SKETCHES  OF  MINISTERS. 

WILLIAM  MAXEN  CHEEVEE. 

Probably  no  man  that  ever  lareached  in  this  Presbytery  ever 
exerted  a  more  abiding  influence  over  his  own  people  or  a  wider  in- 
fluence over  the  community  in  which  he  lived  than  Mr.  Cheever,  His 
daily  life  w^as  a  continual  witness  for  Christ,  hisherioc  sufferings  and 
death  the  most  eloquent  and  effective  sermon  he  ever  preached.  No 
sketch  confined  to  the  narrow  limits  at  our  disposal  could  do  the  sub- 
ject justice.  Much  might  easily  be  written  years  after  his  death  by 
one  that  never  saw  him,  but  no  pen  but  that  of  a  loving  contemporary 
and  brother  Minister  could  write  adequately  of  his  inner  life  and  true 
Christian  character.  Hence,  though  it  has  not  been  our  aim  to  quote 
much  from  funeral  discourses,  this  sketch  will  be  best  confined  to  the 
words  uttered  at  the  time  of  the  death  of  Mr.  Cheever  by  those  that 
knew  him  best  from  long  and  intimate  acquaintance.  As  the  death 
had  not  come  unexpectedly,  both  the  funeral  remarks  and  the  later 
memorial  address  were  the  well-weighed  and  deliberate  estimates  of 
these  that  had  the  best  right  to  leave  on  record  tributes  to  his  memory. 
They  were  published  at  the  time  in  pamphlet  form.  We  can  give  only 
extracts. 

The  Eev.J.  G.  Roberts,  Pastor  of  the  First  Congregational  church, 
Kansas  City,  said  of  Mr.  Cheever's  character:  "A  passage  of  Scrip- 
ture *  *  *  has  been  haunting  my  mind  ever  since  I  heard  that  he  was 
dead :  'The  memory  of  the  just  is  blessed.'  I  believe  that  our  brother 
has  left  a  memory  behind  which  will  long  continue  green  and  fragrant 
and  beautiful.  First — he  was  remarable  for  his  geniality.  It  would 
be  difficult  to  find  a  more  thoroughly  genial  man ;  always  cheery  and 
sprightly,  with  nothing  gloomy  or  morose  about  him.  *  *  *  Second — 
he  was  a  very  hopeful  man;  he  had  no  dark  and  desponding  views  of 
human  nature.  Others  might  think  that  the  world  was  growing  worse 
and  worse ;  that  society  was  tumbling  to  rack  and  ruin ;  our  Brother 
Cheever  took  a  hopeful  view  of  the  world,  mankind,  society  and  the 
church;  he  had  faith  in  man,  in  the  truth  and  in  God's  redeeming 
power.  *  *  *  Third — he  wq.s  a  progressive  man.  *  *  *  Altho  loyal 
to  the  old  Truth,  he  welcomed  the  new.  Thoroly  evangelical  in  his 
views,  he  still  believed  that  God  had  new  Truth  to  break  forth  both  out 
of  the  book  of  Nature  and  the  book  of  Revelation.  His  efforts  were 
not  to  intensify  the  conflict  between  Science  and  Religion,  but  to  bring 
all  Truth  into  harmony;  thus  he  combined  a  wise  conservatism  with 
intelligent  progress.  Fourth  — he  was  a  sympathetic  man ;  men  in 
trouble  and  distress  found  in  him  a  ready  helper;  people  in  affliction 
sought  him  for  comfort  and  consolation,  and  they  did  not  seek  in  vain. 
I  have  heard  the  most  fallen  say:  'If  ever  there  were  a  true  Chris- 
tian, Mr.  Cheever  was  one.'  Altho  the  firm  friend  of  the  struggling, 
faint  and  fallen,  yet  his  insight  into  human  nature  saved  him  from 
being  imposed  upon.  Fifth — he  was  always  ready  to  help  in  every  good 
work;  whenever  a  project  was  suggested  which  had  the  uplifting  of 


\v]vi.  M.  cm1':k\1':i-i. 


W.  M.  CHEEVEK.  135 

mail  in  view,  we  could  always  depend  on  him,  and  when  he  took  hold 
of  anything,  we  knew  he  would  stand  by  it  to  the  end.  Whoever  else 
might  fail,  it  was  certain  that  he  would  not.  He  loved  men,  and  the 
great  aspiration  of  his  life  was  to  raise  them  from  their  fallen  condi- 
tion and  to  bring  them  into  fellowship  with  Christ.  Sixth — he  was 
a  heroic  man.  I  doubt  if  ever,  during  all  his  prosperous  Ministry,  he 
preached  so  eloquently  as  he  has  done  since  his  last  sickness.  He  has 
made  a  deep  impression  upon  a  class  which  he  never  reached  before. 
I  tell  you,  when  a  man  will  endure  with  calmness  and  heroism  such 
terrible  surgical  operations  as  our  brother  has  done,  and  when  they 
were  found  to  be  unavailing,  will  sweetly  and  cheerfully  .esign  himself 
to  the  will  of  God,  it  is  simply  sublime.  The  unanimous  verdict  of 
saint  and  sinner  is :    Servant  of  God,  well  done!" 

One  week  after  Mr.  Cheever's  death,  a  memorial  discourse  was 
preached  by  the  Rev.  Timothy  Hill,  D.  D.,  who  said,  in  part : 

"We  would  pass  in  a  brief  review  the  life  he  has  lived,  the  work 
he  has  done,  that' we  may  rightly  understand  the  character  he  possessed 
and  the  things  he  accomplished. 

"  *  *  *  His  father  was  a  man  of  education  and  culture  who  was 
engaged  in  the  business  of  teaching.  He  was  evidently  a  man  of 
marked  character,  and  he  exerted  an  abiding  influence  over  the  char- 
acter of  his  son.  Wt.  Cheever  often  spoke  of  his  father  in  terms  of 
more  than  ordinary  respect  and  honor.  He  seems  to  have  been  a  com- 
panion of  his  father,  and  deeply  interested  in  all  that  interested  him. 
His  father  removed  to  South  Hanover,  (Ind.),  in  1826,  and  opened  a 
flourishing  school  there.  Soon  after  the  family  removed  to  Hanover, 
the  Latin  school  which  finally  grew  into  Hanover  College  began,  and 
young  William  was  a  student  there,  though  but  nine  years  of  age.  He 
was  ever  fond  of  studv,  and  continued  in  school  until  his  father,  fear- 
ing its  influence  upon  his  health,  took  him  from  the  school  and  put 
him  to  outdoor  occupation  for  a  few  years. 

"Piety  in  youth  is  often  associated  with  beautiful  Christian  ch  ir- 
acter,  and  one  so  carefully  trained  is  not  likely  to  have  been  indifferent 
to  religious  feeling  while  quite  young,  but  what  were  his  first  positive 
religious  convictions,  we  have  no  means  of  knowing.  We  only  kn')W 
that  he  was  carefully  instructed  in  all  the  doctrines  of  the  Gospel  by 
that  father  whom  he  so  much  loved.  Among  the  books  which  he  read 
in  youth  is  that  wonderful  book  of  Calvinistic  theology,  Bunyan's  Pil- 
grim. To  him  it  was  almost  like  the  Bible.  The  study  of  that  book 
with  its  pure  Saxon  English,  doubtless  had  much  to  do  with  his  own 
style  of  writing  and  speech.  But  if  we  do  not  know  what  was  the  ex- 
act state  of  his  religious  character  in  his  childhood  and  youth,  wo  know 
when  he  clearly  consecrated  himself  to  God,  and  began  the  full  Chris- 
tian life.  It  was  when  he  was  14  years  old,  and  was  in  connection 
wiih  a  camp  meeting  held  near  Paris,  Ind.,  in  August,  1832.  Meet- 
ings of  that  kind  were  then  frequent,  and  perhaps  quite  as  often  con- 
ducted by  Presbyterians  as  others.     We  have  a  full  description  of  one 


136  SKETCHES  OF  MINISTERS. 

of  those  meetings  and  of  the  influence  exerted  on  Mr.  Cheever,  written 
by  himself,  in  which  he  says  ;*****  It  was  about  the  be- 
ginning of  the  evening  services  that  we  came  in  sight  of  the  camp. 
The  rising  and  swelling  on  the  air  of  the  distant  harmony,  from  a  great 
multitude  devoutly  praising  God,  impressed  me  strangely.  I  now  recall 
that  peculiar  thrill  that  always  pervaded  me  whenever  I  listened  to  the 
old,  hearty  devout  Presbyterian  camp-meeting  singing.  I  have  never 
since  been  so  carried  away  by  any  'service  of  song  in  the  House  of  the 
Lord.'  Away  out  for  nearly  a  mile  on  that  night  came  that  grand  hymn 
of  praise  as  we  ascended  the  hill  and  silently  took  a  panoramic  view  of 
the  imposing  scene.  The  day  of  our  arrival  was  a  memorable  one  in  my 
life.  The  scenes  of  the  previous  evening  had  made  me  unusually 
thoughtful.  The  ordinary  morning  services  were  concluded;  after  a 
few  moments'  recess,  the  signal  for  resuming  public  worship  was  given 
by  the  spirited  singing  of  old  'Lenox,'  'Blow  Ye  the  Trumpet,  Blow.' 
*****  Before  the  hymn  was  ended,  I  had  leisurely  strolled 
down  the  main  aisle,  looking  in  vain  for  a  seat,  until  arrested  within 
twenty  feet  of  the  stand  by  a  sweet,  but  to  me,  strange  voice,  leading 
the  congregation  in  prayer.  'Who  was  that?'  was  the  whispered  in- 
quiry about  me.  'A  Mr.  Brainerd  of  Cincinnati,'  was  the  reply.  Then 
I  understood  that  he  was  the  young  man  whom  my  father  wished  to 
hear.  I  at  once  became  interested  in  him.  He  had  a  directness  and 
earnestness  of  manner  that  from  the  announcement  of  his  text  to  the 
close  of  the  sermon  held  me,  standing  by  a  tree  during  its  entire  deliv- 
ery, with  unflagging  attention.  It  was  his  appearance  and  voice,  I 
think,  that  first  arrested  me,  but  when  he  announced  his  text,  'And 
they  made  ligUt  of  it'  I  was  completely  absorbed.  As  to  his  method  of 
treating  it,  my  memory  is  entirely  at  fault.  All  I  remember  is  the 
beaming  countenance,  the  loving  eye  fixed  upon  me  as  I  stood  directly 
before  him,  and  the  tremendous  conviction  all  the  time  surging 
through  my  soul,  that  I  was  the  one  who  had  deliberately  made  light  of 
the  great  salvation !  So  deeply  was  I  moved  with  a  sense  of  my  own 
personal  guilt,  that  I  cannot  state  what  may  have  been  the  general 
effect  of  the  discourse,  only  I  had  the  impression  that  there  was  much 
weeping  and  even  audible  sobbing  around  me.  The  service  closed,  and 
in  accordance  with  an  invitation  to  all  who  were  awakened  to  seek  some 
secret  place  of  prayer  without  delay,  I  went  into  the  spacious  grove  at 
the  rear  of  the  encampment,  that  I  might  find  some  spot  where  I  could 
be  alone  and  pour  out  my  troubled  soul  to  Grod.  But  here  I  came  upon 
one,  and  there  upon  another,  kneeling  in  prayer,  and  from  every  direc- 
tion there  came  to  my  ear  the  low  voices  of  supplication.  The  whole 
grove  was  a.  Bethel.  I  see  now  in  my  mind  the  very  log,  by  the  side  of 
which  I  cast  myself,  and  with  the  last  lines  of  the  hymn  sung  at  the 
close  of  Mr.  Brainerd's  sermon  ringing  in  my  ears — 

"Venture  on  Him,  venture  wholly, 
Let  no  other  trust  intrude," 

1  endeavored  to  take  hold  of  my  Lord's  hand.     I  ventured* 


W.  M.  CHKJ<:Vl-:i{.  137 

•"In  thi^;  way  began  his  warm,  earnest  Christian  life,  which  was 
maintained  faithful  until  death.  With  this  consecration  of  his  heart 
to  the  service  of  God  fully  influencing  his  character,  he  entered  Hano- 
ver College,  and  passed  through  a  regular  course  of  study  until  he 
graduated.  After  graduating,  he  spent  two  years  teaching  near  Madi- 
son, Ind.  *****  In  the  fall  of  18-iO  he  entered  Lane  Sem- 
inary, and  pursued  a  regular  three  years'  course.  Dr.  Lyman  Beecher 
wasthen  the  center  of  influence  in  that  institution,  in  the  height  of  his 
power.  *****  i5oon  after  he  graduated  he  accepted  the  call 
of  the  church  at  Monticello,  Jnd.,  and  entered  upon  his  work  as  Pastor. 
Here  he  found  a  wide  field  of  labor.  He  spent  much  time  visiting  his 
people,  often  preaching  in  school  houses  eight  or  ten  miles  distant,  rid- 
ing horseback.  On  the  8th  day  of  July,  1844,  Mr.  Cheever  was  mar- 
ried to  Margaret  L.  Jackson,  youngest  daughter  of  Mrs.  Lyman 
Beecher,  of  \\^alnut  Hills,  Ohio.  The  malarial  influences  which  per- 
vaded the  region  of  country  about  Monticello  so  impaired  Mr.Cheever's 
health  and  that  of  his  wife  as  to  compel  their  removal. 

"In  1S4T  he  accepted  a  call  from  the  Second  Presbyterian  church 
at  Rockville,  Ind.,  and  removed  there.  Here  his  wife  sickened  and 
died..  While  pursuing  his  work  as  Pastor  at  Rockville,  he  was  called 
upon  by  a  Minister  who  was  acting  as  Presbyterial  Missionary  for  that 
region,  who  informed  him  that  some  sixteen  persons  in  Terre  Haute 
had  obtained  letters  of  dismission  for  the  purpose  of  organizing  a  New 
School  Presbyterian  church  there.  Those  were  the  days  of  sharp  con- 
test in  the  Presbyterian  Church,  and  it  was  deemed  necessary  to  form 
a  Xew  School  church,  even  though  there  were  already  two  Old  School 
churches  in  that  place.  'Xow,'  said  the  Minister,  holding  him  by  the 
hand,  standing  on  the  doorstep,  'if  these  brethren  send  for  you  as  the 
nearest  clergyman  to  organize  them  into  a  Xew  School  Presbyterian 
church,  do  it,  or  I  shall  be  compelled  to  go  a  much  greater  distance  !'• 
do  it  myself.'  The  invitation  came,  and  on  the  31st  of  December, 
1848,  he  organized  the  Baldwin  Presbyterian  Church  of  Terre  Haute. 

"'From  this  church  he  subsecpiently  received  a  call,  and  was  in- 
stalled Pastor  in  December,  1849.  Here  he  remained  several  years, 
and  lal)ored  wifh  earnestness  and  success.  The  church  grew  and  pros- 
pered under  his  care.  Revivals  of  religion  were  enjoyed,  and  many 
were  gathered  into  the  Kingdom  of  God.  In  the  winter  of  1850-1, 
meetings  were  held  every  day  for  twelve  weeks.     ***** 

"On  the  3d  of  June,  1851,  he  was  united  in  marriage  to  E.Carolyn 
Ball,  daughter  of  Dr.  E.  V.  Ball,  of  Terre  Haute;  she  has  lived  the  be- 
loved companion  of  his  remaining  years,  the  faithful  Pastor's  wife, 
known  and  loved  by  you  all.     *     *     *     * 

"While  he  was  laboring  at  Terre  Haute,  the  church  at  Troy,  O., 
bi'came  much  disturbed.  It  was  divided  into  two  hostile  parties,  at  open 
war  with  each  other ;  some  would  not  speak  to  others ;  anonymous  let- 
ters were  sent ;  and  all  was  discord.  Dr.  Allen,  of  Lane  Seminary, 
exerted  his  influence  to  harmonize  them  in  vain,  but  induced  them  to 

10 


138  SKETCHES  OF  MIMSTEllS. 

extend  a  call  to  Mr.  Clieever,  and  urged  him  to  accept.     This  he  did, 
and  in  1858  removed  to  Troy. 

"The  task  was  a  hard  one,  but  at  length  the  discord  ceased  and  the 
different  factions  came  together  and  worked  in  harmony.  It  was  a 
blessed  result  which  showed  the  care  and  great  skill  of  the  Pastor. 
While  there  he  took  an  active  part  iji  the  cause  of  temperance,  alluding 
to  it  in  several  of  his  sermons.  This  gave  offense,  and  he  was  Wiiited 
upon  by  a  committee,  who  told  him  that  it  would  never  do  to  press  that 
matter,  as  one  or  two  of  the  wealthy  members  of  the  church  were  sell- 
ing wood  and  grain  to  the  distilleries ;  it  would  not  do  to  offend  them ; 
that  there  had  been  so  much  trouble  in  the  ehureli.  and  things  were  be- 
ginning to  look  brighter,  that  he  must  overlook  these  matters  for  the 
present.  The  next  Sabbath  he  preached  a  sermon  denouncing  all  such 
practices  among  Christian  people;  as  a  church  they  could  never  pro- 
per until  they  abandoned  it.  This  produced  great  excitement  in  town, 
and  the  results  were  in  doubt  for  a  time,  but  the  traffic  ceased,  and  it 
gained  him  friends  in  the  end. 

"While  at  Troy,  Lane  Seminary  became  embarrassed,  and  the 
Faculty  came  for  Mr.  Cheever  to  raise  money  to  extricate  them  from 
their  financial  difficulty.  The  church  refused  to  give  him  up;  but  at 
length,  after  an  earnest  appeal  by  Dr.  Allen,  consented  that  he  should 
leave  for  a  time.  Mr.  Cheever  took  hold  of  the  work,  and  prosecuted 
it  with  such  success,  that  in  less  than  four  months;  he  raised  tlie  needed 
sum,  nearly  $50,000,  and  returned  to  his  pastoral  work. 

"In  1866  he  left  Troy,  and  became  Secretary  of  the  American 
Board  of  Commissioners  for  Foreign  Missions  for  the  West.  He  ever 
possessed  an  ardent  missionary  spirit  and  was  ready  to  aid  in  carrying 
on  the  work  in  all  laudable  ways.  After  the  union  of  the  Old  and  New 
School  Presbyterians,  the  work  of  the  American  Board  closed  in  the 
Presbyterian  Church,  and  lie  was  left  free  to  resume  his  work  as  Pastor. 
A  kind  Providence  called  his  attention  to  this  church  [Kansas  City, 
Second]  to  which  he  came  in  1871.  His  installation  here  took  place 
Sabbath,  Dec.  31,  1871.  The  invitation  to  tliis  church  came  in  the  first 
instance  through  a  letter  which  he  had  written  to  a  former  parishioner, 
not  a  resident  of  this  city,  in  which  he  stated  his  readiness  to  resume 
pastoral  work :  'I  am  liungry,'  Jie  wrote,  'for  a  flock,  not  to  eat,  but 
to  feed.' 

"Of  his  work  here  we  are  all  witnesses.  With  what  earnestness 
he  entered  upon  his  work,  and  bow  faithfully  lie  labored  to  advance  the 
interests  of  this  church,  we  all  know.  He  came  among  us  in  the  full 
vigor  of  ripened  manhood,  with  a  mind  well  stored  with  knowledge, 
and  especially  trained  by  a  practical  acquainiance  with  men  as  they  >])- 
poai  in  the  actual  life  of  the  world.  *  *  *  Every  communion  season  dur- 
ing his  pastorate  has  witnessed  some  additions  to  the  members.  There 
has  been  a  continuous  revival  much  of  the  time  since  he  came  here,  not 
as  is  sometimes  seen  accompanied  with  great  excitement  and  general 
public  attention,  but  a  quiet,  progressive  work.    Particularly  has  this 


W.  M.  ClIEEVER.  139 

been  the  ease  in  the  last  two  years.  In  1876  there  was  an  accession 
of  2b  by  letter  and  24:  by  profession.  In  1877  there  were  29  by  letter 
and  b2  by  profession  of  faith. 

"In  his  pastoral  work  he  was  particularly  careful  to  interest  and 
care  for  the  young,  maintaining  a  weekly  meeting  for  their  special 
benefit  on  each  Monday  night,  and  watching  over  them  with  an  un- 
interrupted care.  He  was  careful  to  look  after  the  young  members  of 
the  church  and  direct  their  Christian  life  and  work.  He  bore  them 
on  his  mind,  and  wished  to  guide  and  shape  their  character.  He  was 
accustomed  to  have  a  list  of  the  young,  and  they  were  the  objects  of 
his  frequent  and  earnest  prayer.  His  sermons  were  clear,  earnest  and 
practical,  rather  than  specially  learned,  or  peculiarly  ornate  and  ima- 
ginative. He  was  never  dull,  never  sensational,  but  always  clear, 
methodical  and  warmly  in  earnest.  He  carefully  studied  to  secure  var- 
iety, and  interested  himself  in  the  common  affairs  of  life.  With  an 
eye  to  appreciate  business  around  him,  he  interested  business  men,  al- 
ways connnanded  their  respect  and  attention. 

"His  natural  eliaracteristics  were  such  as  to  make  him  a  good  Pas- 
tor. His  personal  appearance  was  good.  Of  medium  size,  but  slender 
,  build,  he  enjoyed  a  fair  degree  of  health,  but  was  never  a  man  of  great 
strength  and  vigor.  His  mild  but  expressive  eye,  his  genial  smile,  his 
neatness  in  dress  wul  always  be  remembered  by  those  who  knew  him. 
He  had  a  great  degree  of  both  natural  and  acquired  courage.  Cheerful 
and  vivacious,  yet  always  dignified  and  courteous,  never  descending 
to  levity  nor  exhibiting  a  trace  of  melancholy  or  asceticism.  No  one 
would  be  embarrassed  in  his  presence,  yet  no  one  would  trifle  with 
sacred  things  where  he  was.  He  loved  the  denomination  to  which  he 
belonged  and  labored  to  extend  it,  while  he  had  a  broad  and  catholic 
spirit  and  loved  the  whole  Church  of  God.  Such  was  the  man  who 
quietly  toiled  until  arrested  by  the  disease  which  terminated  in  death. 

"The  disease  which  finally  terminated  his  life  w^s  peculiar  and 
extremely  painful.*  In  the  hope  of  arresting  it  and  prolonging  his  life, 
he  submitted  once  and  again  to  extended  and  severe  surgical  operations. 
But  his  work  was  done.  The  hour  written  in  the  book  of  Eternity  was 
draAving  near,  and  nothing  could  postpone  it.  Slowly  and  quietly  he 
sank  down,  exhibiting  in  all  his  course  a  fortitude  and  bravery  that  is 
seldom  seen,  perhaps  nexer  excelled.  After  this  surgery,  he  found 
difficulty  in  free  conversation,  but  he  could  write  his  words  and  wishe-. 
and  all  these  indicate  perfect  calmness  and  self-possession,  a  faith  in 
God  which  nothing  could  disturb.  Some  time  after  he  was  thus 
disabled,  a  member  of  the  family  was  singing  in  his  hearing  the  words 
and  tune  'Hold  the  Fort,'  when  he  joined  in  and  carried  the  bass 
through.  At  another  time  he  writes  for  the  family  worship:  'Sit 
down  and  read  the  103d  Psalm.  Sing  'Tis  the  Promise  of  God  Full 
Salvation  to  Give,'  and  repeat  the  Lord's  Prayer  together.'    What  cour- 

•This  disraso  was  cancerous.  The  final  operation  removed  the  whole  of  one  side  of 
his  face,  inclndinn  cheek  bone,  half  of  eacli  jaw  and  one  eye.  He  was  buried  just  six 
weeks  after. 


140  SKETCHES  OF  MmiSTERS. 

ageous,  cheerful  spirit  shines  throvigh  this  sentence :  'There  is  not 
much  left  on  that  right  side.  It  is  a  blessed  thing  that  we  are  made 
double !'  At  another  time  he  writes :  'Take  it  all  in  all.  from  the  be- 
ginning we  have  made  a  brave  battle  for  life;  we  have  done  the  best 
we  could,  and  calmly  leave  the  issue  with  our  dear  Father.' 

''Surely  no  one  who  saw  his  calmness  in  view  of  the  inevitable 
suffering  which  he  fullv  understood,  when  he  walked  with  unfaltering 
step  and  calmly  laid  down  and  closed  his  eyes,  knowing  the  needed 
surgeon's  knife  must  come,  but  would  say :  Indeed  it  was  a  brave  bat- 
tle for  life,  a  heroic  spirit !  With  a  full  knowledge  of  all  his  situation 
he  wrote :  'The  Lord  has  been  very  gracious  to  me,  and  I  trust  him  to 
the  end.'  Thus  he  continued  slowly  sinking  until  the  end  came.  There 
was  not  a  murmur  nor  a  word  of  complaint.  Notliing  was  to  be  done ; 
he  had  only  to  lie  at  Jesus'  feet  ready  for  the  summons  when  the  hour 
should  come.  Thus  he  continued  until  the  morning  of  Sabbath,  June 
2d,  when  he  sank  to  his  peaceful  rest. 

"We  have  no  doubt  of  the  crown  of  life  now.  In  the  language  of 
Bunyan,  Mdiom  he  so  much  loved,  'He  dwelt  awhile  in  the  land  of  Beu- 
lah  gazing  quietly  on  the  brightening  view  of  the  Celestial  City,  into 
which  he  was  soon  to  enter.'  And  when  the  summons  came,  he  went, 
quietly  down  into  the  dark  river,  which  we  all  must  so  soon  cross,  and 
passed  over,  to  enter  the  City  of  God  and  join  the  Church  of  the  Ee- 
.deemed  in  Heaven !" 


SETH  GOLD  CLARK. 

No  Histor}'  of  the  Presbytery  of  Kansas  City  can  ever  be  written 
properly  without  giving  prominence  to  the  work  done  i)y  Mr.  Clark. 
A  graphic  sketch  of  some  of  his  work  in  the  early  days  of  this  Presby- 
tery appears,  from  his  own  pen,  in  the  sketch  of  the  Butler  church. 
The  character  of  the  man  may  perhaps  be  best  shown  by  other  ex- 
tracts from  letters  written  by  him  during  the  period  of  his  greatest 
activity  in  this  region.  But  first  look  at  the  preparation  of  the  man  for 
the  work  he  then  attempted  and  accomplished.  Under  the  title  "A 
Home  Mission  Enthusiast,"  the  Church  at  Home  and  Abroad  published 
in  the  July  number,  1898,  a  notice  by  the  present  writer,  of  the  man 
and  his  work,  from  which  a  portion  of  this  sketch  is  now  quoted: 

The  Rev.  Seth  Gold  Clark,  who  died  at  his  home  in  Appleton  City 
Mo.,  A])r!l  22,  1898,  was  one  of  the  most  enthusiastic  and  indefati- 
gable Home  Mission  pioneers  of  the  Central  West.  For  over  fifty  years 
incessantly  active  in  the  work  he  loved,  he  was  one  of  the  best  exam- 
ples of  a  missionary  type  now  fast  disappearing. 

He  was  born  in  Delaware  county,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  13,  1817,  and  after 
a  boyhood  spent  on  farms  in  New  York  and  Ohio,  graduated  at  Western 
Reserve  College  in  1843,  and  at  Western  Reserve  Seminary  in  1846. 
He  was  licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of  Cleveland,  Oct.  7,  1845,  and  be- 


.  S.  G.  CLARK.  141 

gan  at  cnco  supplying  three  little  mission  churches  in  Ohio.  From 
there  he  went  to  Bainbridge,  0.,  where  he  was  ordained  in  May,  1847, 
and  nmained  two  years.  During  his  next  pastorate,  at  Aurora,  O.,  his 
health  failed.  Then  followed  eleven  years'  service  as  District  Secre- 
tary of  the  A.  B.  C.  F.  M.,  and  three  as  Ch^lain  of  the  10th  Ohio 
Volunteer  Cavalry,  18G2-5.  Ten  days  before  Atlanta  was  taken,  he 
was  captured,  but  was  soon  released  as  a  non-combatant.  The  twenty 
days'  furlough  he  was  then  given  to  visit  his  family  he  ''spent  in  help- 
ing to  elect  Lincoln."  The  Mayor  of  Cleveland  telegraphed  the  Presi- 
dent to  keep  him  in  Ohio  till  after  the  election,  which  he  did.  Unable 
on  his  return  to  the  army  to  reach  his  regiment,  then  on  its  march  to 
the  sea,  he  was  assigned  by  Gen.  Thomas  to  the  work  of  raising  funds 
for  the  Sanitary  Commission.  In  August,  1865,  he  became  Chaplain 
of  the  House  of  Correction  in  Detroit  and  of  the  Seamen's  Friend  So- 
ciety. This  he  kept  but  a  short  time,  until,  on  Jan.  2,  1866,  he  left 
his  home  to  take  up  the  work  in  which  he  was  to  l>ecome  most  success- 
ful, and  for  which  he  is  best  known. 

In  less  than  three  years  after  his  arrival  in  Missouri  he  had  i»er- 
sonally  gathered,  organized,  and  supplied  with  preaching  until  other 
supplies  could  be  obtained,  churches  at  Holden  in  Johnson  county, 
Greenwood  in  Jackson  county,  Harrisonville  and  Austin  in  Cass  coun- 
ty, Butler,  Lone  Oak  and  Papinsville  in  Bates  county,  (Hudson  now) 
Appleton  City  in  St.  Clair  county,  and  Lamar  in  Barton  county.  Some 
years  later  two  of  these  towns,  unable  to  obtain  expected  railroads,  died 
a  natural  death  as  did  their  churches.  Two  other  organizations  were 
outstripped  by  later  organizations  l)y  other  Presbyterian  denomina- 
tions. There  remain  today  five  good  churches  organized  before  1870 
by  that  one  ^Missionary  ''settled  on  horse  back."  But  thnt  is  by  no  means 
ail  the  work  he  did  during  that  period.  He  thoroughly  explored  the 
whole  region  now  contained  in  the  western  part  of  the  Presbytery.  His 
judgment  ktpf  other  points  from  organizing  in  case  he  found  that  there 
were  reasons  of  comity  or  of  Christian  liberality  to  give  others  a  prior 
claim.  Some  other  peo))le  were  not  so  careful  toward  him.  In  A})ril, 
1868,  he  wrote:    "You  know  I  have  given  up  my  comfortable  house  of 

worslii])  and  desirable  charge  in  for  a  new  field  without  a 

house  of  worship  in  the  county.  I  have  been  enabled  to  organize  four 
churches  since  I  last  wrote  you,  and  have  now  five  churches  and  two 
congregations  where  we  have  not  yet  organized.  *  *  *  I  have  a  very  in- 
teresting field  indeed.    Would  not  swap  it  for  any  church  in  America. 

Xo  thanks  to  the  crabbid  Elder  or  the  designing  C s,  but  thanks 

to  God  for  giving  nie  four  churches  for  one." 

Xo  wondcT  even  such  a  man  could  not  do  all  the  work  he  attempt- 
ed. In  December  following  he  wrote:  "I  must  have  help,  or  things  will 
\)Q  sadly  neglected.  T  shall  be  oi)liged  to  give  up  some  jdaces  and  even 
churches  entirely.  Five  churches  and  eight  preaching  places  are  too 
much."  Take  notice  mat  he  wa.*  at  that  time  over  ol  years  old.  But 
age  did  not  daunt" him.  In  July  of  the  year  following,  1860,  he  wrote: 
" has  committed  the  unpardonable  sin  of  I)eginning  to  be  gray. 


142  SKETCHES  OF  MINISTERS. 

Dr.  Kendall  will  have  a  nice  time  getting  me  off  his  hands,  if  I  am 
getting  gray !''  His  prophecy  proved  true — he  was  a  Home  ^lissionary 
for  almost  29  years  after  that.  The  same  grit  appears  in  a  letter  of  six 
moT.ths  hnor;  "Got  Bro.  C  ....  to  W  ....  to  stay  two  or  three 
Sabbaths,  and  the  report  says  he  skedaddled.     When  1  am  sent  as  a 

Missionary  to  W or  Africa,  or  any  other  place,  and  don't  stay  at 

least  one  year,  it  will  be  because  I  am  driven  away !" 

He  kept  up  quite  a  corresi^ondence  with  friends  in  the  East  in  the 
effort  to  secure  men  to  take  charge  of  the  fields  he  organized  and  of 
others  he  thought  ought  to  be  eared  for  about  him.  When  he  succeeded 
in  getting  a  promising  church  well  started,  he  moved  on  to  some  less 
promising  field,  not  because  his  services  were  not  acceptable  where  he 
was,  but  because  he  could  more  easily  secure  supplies  for  the  better 
places,  tho  even  his  best  places  were  not  as  attractive  to  those  at  a  dis- 
tance as  they  were  to  him  on  the  ground.  He  wrote  many  men  before 
he  secured  one.  But  he  kept  writing,  saying  at  times :  "I  have  just 
written  another  man  todav,  and  unless  I  run  out  of  postage,  I  will  get 
some  one."  His  appeals  for  help  were  pathetic  though  never  despair- 
ing, as  witness  the  following: 

"The  B .  . .  .  and  H churches  both  observed  the  Week  of 

Prayer;  and  while  we  were  yet  praying,  God  heard  and  answered.  I 
could  not  be  in  both  places  and  so  was  obliged  to  give  up  B.  to  the  Bap- 
tists, and  they  have  reaped  there  a  glorious  harvest  that  might  just  as 
well  have  been  gathered  by  us,  if  I  could  only  have  had  help.  Our 
church  was  in  a  good  state,  while  the  Baptist  was  not.  All  worked 
together,  but  the  Baptists  carried  off  the  spoil,  most  of  it.  But  God 
be  praised,  for  it  was  a  good  work.  There  will  be  between  80  and  90 
added  to  the  three  churches.  I  tell  you  Bro.  Hill  it  is  a  little  hard  to 
do  the  pioneer  work,  and  travel  2500  miles  on  horseback  to  get  things 
going  nicely,  and  then  for  want  of  a  little  help  at  the  right  time,  see 
the  harvest  gathered  by  others  and  put  in  a  close-communion  granary ! 
Still  I  rejoice,  and  will  rejoice,  that  since  we  could  not  do  it,  others 
have.    There  is  an  excellent  state  of  feeling,  and  we  shall  get  a  few." 

While  laboring  in  this  vast  field,  it  is  not  surprising  to  find  that  his 
mind  was  turned  to  the  subject  of  education,  both  on  account  of  the 
needs  of  his  own  family  and  because  of  the  difficulty  of  obtaining  higher 
advantages  anywhere  in  this  part  of  the  state.  In  1870  he  wrote  Dr. 
Hill :  "It  would  be  hard  for  me  to  give  up  my  chosen  missionary  work 
and  my  present  field.  But  it  may  be  ray  duty.  You  remember  that 
we  have  been  pioneers,  and  have  had  less  than  one  year  of  schooling 
[since  coming  to  Missouri]  and  not  even  a  good  district  school  till  this 
suHimer."  And  a  few  weeks  later,  he  wrote  again :  *'I  am  exceedingly 
anxious  that  something  should  be  done  toward  starting  an  institution 
of  learning  near  the  center  of  the  State,  that  may  eventually  grow  into 
a  college.  Sedalia  would  be  a  good  point.  *  *  *  Tf  Presbyterians  are 
going  to  hold  Missouri  permanently,  we  must  raise  up  a  ministry  on 
the  ground.    There  have  been  failures;  but  what  of  that?    The  thing 


S.  G.  CLAKK.  148 

is  made  to  work  everywhere  el:-e ;  why  not  in  Missouri  ?"  But,  possibly 
unfortunately  for  Missouri,  he  took  liolu  of  an  existing  college  in  Kan- 
sas instead  of  starting  one  in  Missouri.  An  opportunity  opened  for 
him  to  become  Financial  Agent  for  Highland  University.  He  embraced 
it  eagerly,  saying,  even  before  he  went  there,  "'1  have  never  become  so 
deeply  interested  in  anything  in  my  life  as  in  Highland.  1  thinlv  of 
it.  plan  for  it,  work  for  it  with  a  will,  then  dream  about  it.  It  must 
go."' 

From  18T1-G  Mr.  Clark  was  Financial  Agent  for  Highland  Uni- 
versity. The  last  two  summers  of  that  time  were  spent  with  a  mission- 
ary tent  outfit,  furnished  by  Sunday  schools  in  the  East.  He  traveled 
through  Northern  Kansiis  and  Southern  Nebraska,  preaching  daily  to 
congregations  averaging  lUU  on  week  nights  and  from  150  to  300  on 
Sundays.  This  was  strictly  pioneer  work  in  regions  beyond  Ministers 
and  churches.  The  tent  work  he  was  accustomed  to  regard  as  the  most 
successful  of  his  life.  He  was  everywhere  gladly  welcomed.  During 
18TT-78  he  sui)plied  the  churches  of  lola  and  Carlyle,  Kan.;  1879-80, 
Baxter  Springs,  Galena  and  Empire,  Kan.;  1881-85,  Kich  Hill,  Eock- 
ville  and  Hume,  all  three  of  which  he  organized  during  those  four 
Years  of  his  second  stay  in  this  Presbytery.  He  then  spent  ten  years 
in  Southwestern  Kansas,  where  he  found  nine  counties  adjoining,  in 
none  of  which  was  there  an  organized  church.  During  those  years  he 
organized  eight  churches,  seven  of  which,  in  spite  of  drought  and  the 
consequent  depopulation  of  large  districts,  are  still  on  the  Minutes  of 
the  General  Assembly.  The  year  1895  found  him  again  in  this  Pres- 
bytery, settled  at  Eaymore,  which  under  his  labors  was  much  revived 
and  built  a  beautiful  house  of  worship. 

At  last  when  nearly  eighty  years  old,  with  mind  and  voice  unim- 
paired, he  was  forced  by  physical  infirmities  to  give  up  his  active  min- 
istry. It  was  an  affecting  scene  when  by  vote  of  Presbytery  he  was 
'"honorably  retired,"  and  recommended  to  the  Board  of  Relief.  All 
there  knew  of  his  active  life  and  realized  that  it  was  not  boastfulness 
that  led  him  to  rise  and  say  that,  able,  as  he  then  supposed,  to  preach 
better  than  ever  before,  he  would  gladly  sacrifice  his  right  arm  rather 
than  go  onto  the  Board,  if  only  he  were  physically  able  to  continue  in 
the  ministry.  Xo  service  did  he  ever  shirk  as  too  hard,  no  field  as  too 
unattractive.  Always  and  everywhere  he  loved  to  proclaim  salvation 
to  the  uttermost  through  Jesus  Christ.  Like  every  other  true  Mission- 
ary, he  recognized  no  bounds  of  race  or  clime,  but  worked  and  prayed 
for  the  universal  spread  of  the  Gospel.  No  wonder  Miss  Mary  Clark, 
the  daughter  of  such  a  Home  Missionary,  should  be  found  for  years 
a  Foreign  Missionary  in  distant  Persia:  and  a  grandson,  the  Rev.  C. 
C.  McKinney,  a  graduate  of  Park  College,  and  for  two  years  a  student 
at  McCormick  Theological  Seminary,  should  now  be  found  on  a  Home 
^lission  field  among  us.  engaged  in  the  same  blessed  work  his  grand- 
father loved  50  enthusiastically. 

What  a  record !  It  will  never  be  fully  written  on  earth.  His 
mission  work  in  at  least  five  states,  the    organization    of    thirty-one 


144  SKETCHES  OF  MINISTERS. 

churches,  most  of  whieii  during  his  ministry  erecteu  houses  of  worship, 
his  army  chaplaincy,  his  evangelistic  work  in  prisons,  harbors,  battle 
fields,  mining  camps,  frontier  settlements  and  in  the  well  settled  com- 
munities East  and  West,  his  vigorous  advocacy  of  Education  at  home 
and  Missions  abroad — these  are  a  few  of  the  reasons  why  he  will  long 
be  held  in  grateful  remembrance.  A  few  months  before  his  death  he 
modestly  wrote  of  himself  tbat  his  had  been  "a  very  busy,  cbeckered 
life;  possibly  some  good  may  result.^' 


WILLIAM  PORTER  COCIIRAN. 

One  of  the  strongest  and  most  interesting  characters  among  the 
early  pioneers  of  Presbyterianism  in  Western  Missouri  was  the  Rev. 
W.  P.  Cochran.  Identified  all  his  long  ministerial  life  with  Missouri, 
an  interesting  and  valuable  volume  might  be  written  on  his  life,  but 
so  far  as  we  know  none  such  has  been  published.  Though  originally 
identified  with  the  New  School  Church,  he,  like  many  others  in  the 
State,  was  early  found  among  the  Old  Scliool  party,  with  which  he  was 
thereafter  identified  till  the  Reunion.  At  the  Semi-Centennial 
meeting  of  the  Synod  of  Missouri,  held  in  St.  Louis  in  1882,  he  was 
the  only  one  of  the  original  members  of  the  Synod  that  was  present. 
Very  fittingly  he  then  gave  a  paper  on  the  history  of  that  branch  of 
the  Synod  with  which  he  had  been  connected. 

An  extended  sketch  of  Dr.  Cochran  was  published  in  the  Presby- 
terian Recorder  for  April,  1856,  pp. 251-9,  from  which  we  condense  the 
following  concerning  his  early  labors  in  the  bounds  of  this  Presbytery : 

"His  parents  were  of  the  Scotch-Irish  stamp.  Early  in  infancy 
he  was  dedicated  to  God  in  the  ordinance  of  baptism.  In  the  autumn  of 
1821  he  entered  the  Sophomore  class  in  Dickinson  College  in  Car- 
lisle, Pennsylvania,  then  under  the  presidency  of  the  Rev.  John  M. 
Mason,  D.D.  His  prospective  intention  in  receiving  an  education  was 
to  become  a  lawyer.  He  was  at  this  time  a  wild,  thoughtless  boy  as 
regards  religion  and  religious  things,  though  studious  and  ambitious 
to  occupy  a  distinguished  position  at  the  bar."  He  read  infidel  books 
and  scoffed  at  the  seriousness  of  his  college  mates  during  a  revival  that 
occurred  while  he  was  a  student.  But  at  last  the  Spirit  of  God  reached 
him  and  he  took  a  decided  stand  for  Christ.  "In  January  [1823],  in 
company  with  about  40  of  his  fellow  students  and  a  large  number  of 
the  citizens  of  the  town,  he  united  with  the  Presbyterian  church.  He 
graduated  in  the  last  of  June,  1824.  After  a  considerable  struggle,  he 
made  up  his  mind  to  go  to  Princeton  Theological  Seminary,  though 
by  no  means  having  settled  it  in  his  own  mind  that  it  was  his  duty 
to  preach  the  Gosjiel.  The  Lord  led  him  along  by  a  way  he  knew  not. 
In  the  fall  of  1827,  lie  having  passed  through  the  course  of  studies  pre- 
scribed by  the  Seminary,  was  licensed  to  ))reach  the  Gospel  by  thi' 
Presbytery  of  Huntingdon,  Pa.,  and  soon  afterwards  left  his  home,  his 


W.  p.  COCHRAN.  145 

friends  and  the  scenes  of  his  youth  as  a  Missionary  for  Missouri,  under 
the  patronage  of  tlie  American  Home  Missionary  Society.  His  place 
of  destination  was  Old  Franklin,  Howard  county  [now  the  Boonville 
church.]  He  arrived  in  St.  Louis'  the  20th  day  of  November,  and  after 
spending  a  Sabbath  there,  and  preaching  for  the  Rev.  Mr.  Giddings, 
he  took  the  stage  and  went  to  St.  ^liarles,  where  he  spent  another  Sab- 
bath and  preached  for  the  Rev.  Mr.  Robinson.  He  then  stopped  a 
Sabbath  with  the  Rev.  Mr.  Lacy  at  the  Dardenne,  where  he  overtook 
the  Rev.  Tliomas  R.  Durfee,  another  Missionary  under  the  A.  H.  M.  S., 
on  his  way  to  Callaway  county.  They  journeyed  together,  having  been 
furnished  with  horses  by  a  friend  at  the  Dardenne.  ]Mr.  Cochran  spi-nt 
the  next  Sabbath  in  that  county  with  his  co-laborer  and  beloved  Brother 
Durfee.  He  then  made  the  l)est  of  his  way  through  mud  and  rain  to 
his  destination.  Old  Franklin. 

"Mr.  Cochran  was  received  into  the  Presbytery  of  Missouri  in  the 
spring  of  1828,  and  ordained  at  that  time  as  an  Evangelist.  After 
the  death  of  the  lamented  Mr.  Giddings,  the  church  at  St.  Louis  wrote 
for  Mr.  Cochran  to  come  down  and  supply  their  pulpit  until  they  could 
be  permanently  supplied.  He  went  down  in  February,  and  remained 
th<'re  until  .liin(\  when  the  Rev.  Wm.  Potts  came  to  the  charge  of  the 
church.  Mr.  Cochran  then  went  to  his  old  post,  preaching  in  the  coun- 
ties of  Howaid,  Cooper  aid  Boon.  In  June  following  h-  was  mar- 
ried to  Mrs.  Eliza  M.  Scott.'' 

The  sketch  quoted  goes  on  to  tell  of  the  remarkable  success  of  ]Mr. 
Cochran  in  missionary  and  revival  work  in  many  places  north  of  the 
Missouri  river,  in  which  work  he  was  associated  with  the  noted  revi- 
valists of  that  dav,  Messrs.  Durfee,  Hoxsie  and  Dr.  David  Xelson. 
'^Whilst  a  decided  Presbyterian,  he  was  not  a  bigot.  He  rejoiced  in  the 
success  of  the  (i0s])el  among  all  evangelical  Christians,  and  co-operated 
with  them  in  preachino-.  He  made  it  a  matter  of  con-cience  to  fulfill 
all  his  appointments  to  preach;  hence,  no  weather,  wet  or  dry,  hot  or 
cold,  prevented  him  from  reaching  them.  He  often  swam  creeks  and 
rivers  to  reach  them.  His  wife  in  the  early  part  of  his  ministry  usually 
accompanied  him  in  his  preaching  tours,  and  in  his  services  raised  the 
tunes  for  singing.  There  were  at  that  early  period  but  few  churches 
in  Missouri — preaching  was  mostly  done  in  court  houses,  log  school 
houses,  private  houses  and  in  the  open  air  under  groves.  ^Ir.  Cochran 
received  aid  from  the  A.  H.  M.  S.  until  he  left  Boon  county,  which  w;i< 
in  December,  1S33.  when  his  connection  with  that  Society  finally 
terminated." 

The  spirit  of  the  man  was  shown  by  the  way  in  which  he  con- 
tinued to  preach  in  Missouri,  often  in  the  face  of  mob  violence,  where 
some  of  the  greatest  miracles  of  grace  were  wrought.  "He  remained 
in  Missouri  from  a  sense  of  dutv.  He  had  several  ofl'ers  of  good 
churches  and  remunerating  salaries :  but  he  felt  that  other  ^linisters 
could  not  be  induced  to  enter  this  field,  and  endure  the  hardships  and 
live  upon  the  mere  pittance  the  churches  paid  as  a  salary :  and  that 
he  could  live  from  the  proceeds  of  his  farm,  and  do  all  he  could  to  keep 


146  SKETCHES  OF  MINISTERS. 

the  standard  of  Presbyteriauism  erect."  *  *  *  "During  Mr.  C's  min- 
istry lie  always  paid  a  special  regard  to  the  religious  condition  of  the 
colored  population.  He  preached  to  them  in  separate  congregations, 
held  Bible  classes  for  them,  visited  them  when  sick,  pi-eached  their 
funerals,  and  endeavored  to  promote  Sunday  schools  among  them. 
This  excited  much  opposition  to  him,  and  notwithstanding  he  was  for 
many  years  a  slaveholder  himself,  laid  him  open  to  the  wolf-cry  of 
Abolitionist.  Indeed,  personal  violence  was  threatened  him  on  this  ac- 
count, yet  none  of  these  things  moved  him;  the  Word  of  God  was  the 
lamp  to  his  feet  and  the  light  to  his  path." 


DAVID  COULTER. 

One  of  the  strong  men  of  the  original  Lafayette  Presbytery  was 
the  Rev.  David  Coulter,  D.D.,  who  had  been  received  the  year  before 
by  the  Presbytery  of  Upper  Missouri  and  installed  over  the  Hopewell 
church,  April  23,  1856.  There  he  remained  till  April  20,  1867.  At 
the  same  time  he  served  the  Prairie  church  as  Stated  Supply.  Years 
before  he  had  twice  been  the  Stated  Supply  of  the  Jefferson  City 
church.  A  good  biography  of  him,  edited  by  the  Rev.  W.  W.  Robertson 
was  published  some  years  ago,  from  which  we  take  the  liberty  of  quot- 
ing a  part  of  Dr.  Fackler's  memorial  discourse. 

"In  all  the  fields  of  labor  ocupied  by  Bro.  Coulter,  lie  won  golden 
opinions.  Those  who  knew  him  best  loved  him  most.  I  have  reason 
to  know  that  his  name  is  still  fragrant  in  every  congregation  he  ever 
served ;  and  how  it  could  be  otherwise.  All  his  actions,  the  Avhole  tem- 
per and  spirit  of  his  conduct,  in  the  pulpit  and  out  of  it,  bespoke  him 
a  man  of  determination  to  know  nothing  save  Jesus  Christ  and  Him 
crucified.  Besides  the  work  of  glorifying  his  Lord  and  Master,  and 
doing  good  to  his  fellow  men,  he  gave  his  thoughts  and  attention  to 
very  few  objects.  He  was  regarded  everywhere  as  one  thoroughly  con- 
secrated to  his  vocation  as  a  Gospel  Minister.  I  do  not  believe  the 
wealth  and  honors  of  the  world  would  have  turned  him  aside  one  hair's 
breadth  from  the  line  of  his  sacred  calling.  Like  Paul  he  'magnified 
his  office.'  He  literally  gloried  in  the  cross  of  Christ.  To  preach 
Jesus  acceptably  was  the  noblest  ambition'of  his  life.  *  *  * 

"As  a  Presbyter  Dr.  Coulter  always  ranked  high  in  the  estimation 
of  his  brethren.  '"  *  *  In  Presbytery  and  Synod  his  name  was  always 
found  on  the  most  important  committees.  His  reports  were  invariably 
carefully  written  and  promptly  submitted.  On  all  subjects  of  moment 
he  held  pronounced  opinions,  and  his  judgment  when  given  was  uni- 
formly treated  with  respect.  *  *  * 

"As  a  preacher  he  was  not  only  sound  in  doctrine,  but  always 
eminently  practical,  earnest  and  tender.  His  theology  was  that  of 
Paul.  lie  believed  the  doctrines  of  grace  and  loved  and  clung  to  them 
witli  all  his  heart.     Christ  and  his  righteousness  were  the  burden  of 


D.  CUL'LTEa.  147 

ahiioot  every  scrniou  I  ever  heard  him  deliver.  More  tlian  twenty  years 
ago,  in  my  own  pulpit  at  Jeii'er&on  City,  1  heard  him  declare,  with  won- 
derful emphasis,  that  the  sinner  in  order  to  be  sa\ed  must  be  wrapped 
in  the  rigliteousness  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  The  very  night  he  died 
he  remarked  to  a  brother  Minister  of  another  denomination :  'I  am 
wrapped  in  the  robe  of  Christ's  righteousness.^  This  was  the  doctrine 
of  human  helpless  and  Christ's  ail-sufficiency  lie  delighted  to  preach. 
*  '•'  *  Wonderfully  instructive  and  comforting  to  God's  people  were 
the  discourses  he  delivered,  both  in  public  and  in  private.  It  has  often 
seemed  to  me  a  matter  of  impossibility  for  any  man  of  intelligence  to 
sit  regularly  under  his  ministry  without  being  built  up  and  established 
ill  the  faith  of  Christ.  His  manner  and  spirit  in  the  pulpit  were  those 
of  a  man  wholly  absorbed  in  his  theme.  When  dealing  with  the  high 
thoughts  of  the  Gospel  and  man's  relation  to  God,  1  think  there  was 
less  self-consciousness  about  him  than  any  other  man  I  ever  knew.  1 
ha\e  seen  him  and  heard  him  both  in  his  sermons  and  prayers  when 
he  appeared  to  me  as  one  standing  almost  face  to  face  with  his  Maker. 
The  very  tones  of  ins  voice  have  thrilled  me  as  he  pleaded  witli  sin- 
ners for  Christ  and  with  Christ  for  sinners.  *  *  * 

"As  a  pastor  he  was  true  and  faithful,  tender  and  kind.  His  pres- 
ence was  always  welcome  in  the  family,  his  counsels  judicious  and  well- 
timed.  His  reproofs  and  admonitions  were  administered  in  the  gentle 
and  loving  spirit  of  the  Master  whom  he  served.  *  *  * 

''His  religious  life  ran  at  an  even  flow,  like  a  calm  and  peaceful 
river.  There  could  be  nothing  spasmodic  in  sujh  a  character  as  his. 
Whether  in  the  pulpit  dealing  with  the  high  themes  of  redemption  or 
in  the  ])rayer  meeting  leading  the  devotions  of  his  people,  or  in  the 
social  circle  giving  tone  to  Christian  intercourse,  or  in  the  chamber  of 
suffering  and  bereavement,  speaking  words  of  sympathy  and  encourage- 
ment, every  where  he  carried  upon  him  the  flavor  of  an  earnest,  conse- 
crated man  of  God.  No  one  could  mistrust  either  his  spirit  or  his  pur- 
pose. I  do  not  believe  that  the  most  evil-disposed  would  have  dared 
to  charge  him  with  the  least  approach  to  insincerity  while  in  the  per- 
formance of  his  ministerial  and  religions  duties." 

The  same  volume  contains  many  concise  trilnites  of  esteem  and 
affection,  but  none  more  expressive  than  that  published  years  after- 
wards by  Dr.  George  Miller,  who  in  the  times  of  the  Declaration  and 
Testimony  controversy  took  the  opposite  side  from  Dr.  Coulter.  His 
words  werc^ :  "Brother  David  Coulter,  a  modest  retiring  man  of  rare 
attainments  in  knowledge,  love,  zeal  and  Christian  character.'' 


WILLIAM  DICKSON. 

The  changes  in  the  Presbyterial  history  of  the  Old  School  branch 
of  our  Church  are  well  illustrated  in  the  case  of  William  Dickson.  All 
his  life  in  this  State  was  spent  in  charge  of  the  same  field  in  Lafayette 
county,  yet  he  belonged  to  three  Presbyteries  while  there.     He  was 


148  SKETCHES  OF  MINISTERS. 

one  of  the  original  members  of  the  Presbytery  of  Upper  Missouri  at 
its  organization  in  184-i ;  and  likewise  was  one  of  the  original  mem- 
bers at  the  organization  of  the  Presbytery  of  Lafayette  in  1857,  and 
at  the  reorganization  of  Upper  Missouri  Presbytery  by  the  Declaration 
and  Testimony  jjarty  in  1867. 

The  only  sketch  of  Mr.  Dickson  that  has  come  into  the  hands  of 
the  Committee  on  Presbvterial  History  is  the  following  fragment  by 
Dr.  E.  S.  Symington :  "Uf  Bro.  Dickson,  I  know  very  little.  He  was 
one  of  the  pioneers  of  Presbyterianism  in  Missouri.  He  and  his  brother 
came  out  to  Missouri  with  a  colony  from  Kentucky.  Located  near  what 
is  now  the  village  of  Wellington,  and  organized  the  Mt.  Hope  church 
in  Lafayette  Presbytery.  He  was  installed  Pastor,  and  remained  in 
that  locality  until  his  death.  He  preached  plain,  strong,  well  con- 
nected sermons.  He  was  beloved  by  ins  people,  and  highly  esteemed 
by  his  Presbyterian  brethren.  He  was  very  much  opposed  to  what  were 
then  styled  'new  measures.'  I  remember  assisting  him  in  a  sacramental 
meeting.  He  closed  the  meeting  on  Monday  morning,  when  it  seemed 
to  me  a  deep  interest  pervaded  the  congregation.  He  feared  'revival 
meetings.'  Sometime  after  this  a  young  lady  from  his  congregation 
was  visiting  at  Dr.  Lester's  in  Kansas  City.  When  Mrs.  Lester  intro- 
duced her  to  me,  she  said :  'I  am  acquainted  with  Bro.  Symington. 
He  is  my  father.  Under  his  preaching  I  was  born  again.'  Others 
were  deeply  interested,  but  he  feared  'Xew  School  methods.' " 


NATHANIEL  BROWN  DODGE. 

Of  the  founder  of  Harmony  Mission,  and  hence  in  a  sense  the 
founder  of  the  Presbytery  of  Kansas  City,  we  have  not  been  able  to  se- 
cure the  materials  for  as  extended  a  sketch  as  doubtless  would  be  profit- 
able.* The  Genealogy  of  the  Dodge  family  (1894),  pp.  197-8,  contains 
this  short  sketch:  "Rev.  Nathaniel  B.  Dodge  6  (Nathaniel  B.  5,  Eli- 
jah 4,  Joseph  3,  Joseph  2,Richard  l)b. Winchester, N.  H.,5  June,1781; 
d.  at  Little  Osage,  Mo.,  3  Sept.,  1848.  Nathaniel  Brown  5,  his  father, 
moved  to  Barre,  March,  1794,  or  possibly  ....  1795.  Nathaniel  B., 
Jr.  6,  must  have  acquired  the  rudiments  of  an  education  before  leav- 
ing W.,  and  rendered  some  service  in  teaching  the  first  schools  in  his 
neighborhood.  He  also  rendered  some  service  in  the  war  of 
1813.  He  removed  to  Underhill,  Vt.,  where  he  preached  five  years  as 
a  Congregational  Minister,  or  until  1831.  He  was  then  called  to  New 
York  City  to  organize  ten  or  eleven  families  and  five  lady  teachers  as 
Missionaries  to  the  Osage  Indians.  They  went  to  Philadelphia  by  sea, 
thence  to  Pittsburgh  by  large  wagons.  At  Pittsburgh  they  built  boats 
to  go  down  the  Ohio  and  up  tlie  Mississippi.  They  went  up  the  Missouri 
in  keel  boats  to  the  mouth  of  the  Osage,  and  up  that  as  far  as  they 
could  cordell,  and  till  the  stream  became  too  shallow  to  go  farther. 

*We  had  hoped  to  use  for  a   frontispiece  a  picture  of  this  pioneer  Missionary.  i)Ut 
investigation  proved  that  none  is  known  to  exist. 


N.  B.  DODGE.  149 

They  then  settled  on  its  banks  within  a  mile  of  the  present  town  or 
Papinsville,  Bates  Co.,  Mo.,  having  consumed  four  months  in  their  la- 
borious journey,  some  dying  by  the  way.  Rev.  X.  B.  6  was  made  Super- 
intendent of  this  Mission  by  appointment  of  the  A.  B.  C.  F.  M.,  and 
called  this  post  Harmony  Mission. 

"In  the  course  of  six  or  seven  years  the  Government  moved  the 
Indians  to  Xeosho,  in  what  is  now  Kansas,  to  which  place  he  followed, 
there  founding  the  Boudinot  Mission.  In  five  or  six  years  it  became 
unsafe  to  remain,  and  he  returned  to  Little  Osage,  where  he  built  a 
church,  preaching  and  teaching  as  long  as  he  lived.  He  married  Sallie 
Gale,  22  March,  1803.  She  was  born  at  Princeton,  Mass.,  21  July, 
1784.  d.  20  Dec.  1866." 

Another  notice  of  the  work  of  Mr.  Dodge  and  of  the  Harmony 
Mission  was  published  in  the  Pveshytery  Reporter,  July,  1860,  pp.  321- 
5.  From  that  we  extract  the  remainder  of  this  notice,  except  the  fact 
that  Mr.  Dodge  was  the  first  Moderator  of  the  New  School  Synod  of 
Missouri,  that  met  in  St.  Louis,  Apr.  8,  1842.  The  sketch  in  the  Re- 
porter after  giving  the  story  of  the  Mission  and  of  Mr.  D's  connection 
with  it,  goes  on  to  say  that  upon  the  abandonment  of  the  Mission,  "Mr. 
Dodge,  who  was  always  interested  in  the  welfare  of  the  neighboring 
settlements,  made  the  natural  transition  from  the  Foreign  to  the  Home 
Missionary,  still  remaining  in  the  same  place.  His  first  commission 
from  the  A.  H.  M.  S.  was  April  25,  1836,  'to  labor  in  the  vicinity  of 
Harmony  Mission  Station.'  Some  time  previous  to  this  he  had  formed 
a  Congregational  church  in  that  neighborhood,  which  was  undoubtedly 
the  first  church  of  that  order  ever  organized  west  of  the  Mississippi, 
unless  the  Mission  churches  were  of  that  order.  Of  his  success  as  a 
Home  Missionary  I  have  not  been  able  to  obtain  much  definite  infor- 
mation. There  was  about  that  time  a  great  readiness  to  hear  the  Gos- 
pel in  that  part  of  the  State  and  the  Harmony  Presbytery  was  organ- 
ized in  that  region.  In  the  Home  Missionary  for  184i  a  report  by  ^Ir. 
D.  is  given:  'I  find  a  great  share  of  the  people  when  I  go  inclined  to 
hear,  and  some  of  them  profess  to  love  the  Gospel.  Those  who  profess 
religion  are  mostly  of  the  Baptist  and  Methodist  denominations,  and 
there  are  some  who  profess  a  hope  who  have  never  made  a  public  pro- 
fession of  religion.  In  most  places  where  appointments  have  been  made 
the  people  have  manifested  very  respectful  attention  to  the  Word 
spoken.  I  have  seen  ardent  feelings  manifested,  backsliders  trembling, 
and  some  earnestly  inquiring  what  they  must  do  to  be  saved.'  *  *  * 

"Mr.  Dodge  was  a  man  of  good  natural  ability,  and  a  pious,  earn- 
est and  devoted  man.  The  life  of  seclusion  as  a  Missionary  naturally 
gave  a  distinct  individuality  of  character,  and  he  was  affected  by  it  in 
the  same  way  as  others.  There  was  the  appearance  of  rigidity  in  his 
manners  and  his  forms  of  thought.  A  lady  who  was  herself  fron\  Xew 
England  once  remarked  of  him.  that  lie  was  the  best  preserved  speci- 
men of  an  old-fashioned  Xcw  England  country  ^Minister  she  had  met 
with  in  the  West — his  manners,  his  dress,  and  all  together  suggested 
a  generation  passed  away — one  of  the  old-fnshioned  type.    He  was  tin- 


150  SKETCHES  OF  MINISTERS. 

willing  to  depart  from  the  ways  of  iSiew  England,  even  among  the  pio- 
neers. A  sacramental  meeting  was  once  held  in  his  church,  and  several 
of  his  brethren  were  with  him.  A  number  of  persons  were  hopefully 
converted,  and  his  brethren  urged  him  to  admit  them  to  the  church 
tlien ;  but  he  declared  that  such  was  not  the  custom  in  Vermont,  and  he 
would  not  do  it.  Soon  the  Methodists  came  and  held  a  meeting,  sweep- 
ing in  all  his  converts,  some  of  them  members  of  his  own  family,  into 
their  fold. 

"His  life  is  an  illustration  of  the  usefulness  of  effort  for  good. 
He  did  not  acomplish  much  as  an  Indian  Missionary,  but  he  met  his 
kindred  race  at  their  ilrst  entrance  into  an  important  section  of  the 
country.  At  the  formation  of  the  Presbytery  of  Osage,  many  of  the 
Ministers  and  Elders  had  been  connected  with  that  Mission,  The 
mechanics  and  farmers  of  the  Mission  became  the  nuclei  of  churches 
in  all  the  region  around  the  Station  which  was  their  first  home,  sent 
forth  as  pioneers  of  their  own  race  and  extenders  of  the  Kingdom  of 
Christ."  ,    .    . 

One  other  fragmentary  notice  speaks  of  him  as  "a  devoted  Min- 
ister, systematic,  consecrated  to  pioneer  work.  Kept  up  monthly  con- 
cert of  prayer." 


CYRUS  H.  DUNLAP. 

Sedalia  will  long  remember  the  influence  of  the  Rev.  C.  H.  Dunlap 
who  came  to  its  First  church  at  a  critical  period,  and  remained  during 
the  period  of  its  division  and  reorganization.  He  succeeded  the  Rev. 
Dr.  John  Montgomery,  the  first  Pastor,  who  was  shortly  before  his  com- 
ing, laid  aside  from  the  work  pf  the  pastorate  by  a  bodily  injury. 
Those  were  the  days  when  nearly  all  Missouri  churches  were  divided, 
or  at  least  excited,  over  the  Declaration  and  Testimony.  In  Sedalia, 
as  in  several  other  instances,  an  earnest  effort  was  made  to  prevent 
division  by  keeping  the  church  independent  of  either  party.  The 
church  was  not  represented  in  either  Presbytery  for  the  first  two  years 
of  Mr.  Dunlap-s  ministry  there.  In  1870,  however,  the  spirit  of  Re- 
union carried  the  majority  of  the  church  and  their  Pastor  into  the 
Presbytery  of  Osage.  The  minority  withdrew  and  organized  what  is 
now  the  Broadway  church.  The  old  church  retained  the  services  of  Mr. 
Dunlap  until  1872,  when  he  accepted  a  call  to  the  Calvary  church  of 
Springfield.  During  his  time  the  church  grew  and  built  a  house  of 
worship,  which  is  now  used  by  the  Central  church,  the  old  house  having 
been  amicably  retained  by  the  other  party  at  the  time  of  the  division. 

Dr.  Nevin's  notice  of  him  says:  "Mr.  Dunlap  is  a  preacher  of 
good  parts  and  of  poAver.  His  sermons  are  clear,  scriptural  and 
spiritual.  He  speaks  with  great  earnestness  and  sincerity,  and  touches 
the  hearts  of  his  hearers.  He  is  a  man  of  devoted  piety.  He  is  active 
in  Sabbath  school,  missionary  and  temperance  work.  He  is  a  good 
Pastor,  an  indefatigable  worker,  a  faithful  undersliephorfl.     Western 


C.  H.  DUNLAP.  151 

Pennsylvania  and  Western  Missouri  have  both  been  blessed  by  his 

abundant  labors  as  a  faithful  servant  of  Jesus  Clirist."  He  was  twice 
Moderator  of  the  Synod  of  Missouri, 


WILLIAM  R.  FULTON. 

The  many  changes  of  Presbyterial  lines  in  the  territory  now  cover- 
ed by  this  Presbytery  have  thrown  some  of  those  most  prominent  in 
the  history  of  the  Presbytery  itself  outside  of  its  present  limits  for  all 
or  nearly  all  their  ministry.  Such  was  the  case  with  the  Eev.  W.  R. 
Fulton,  whose  oiily  regular  work  within  our  bounds  was  the  supply  for 
six  months  in  1852  of  the  churches  of  Independence  and  Six  Mile. 
Yet,  without  changing  his  Presbyterial  relation,  his  next  charge  was 
in  Oregon,  Holt  county,  where  he  remained  until  after  that  portion 
of  the  State  was  separated  from  this,  which  became  the  Pres- 
bytery of  Lafayette  in  1857.  Later,  in  1860,  he  became  a  memb  t 
of  the  Presbytery  of  Lafayette,  located  in  Greenfield,  Dade  county, 
from  which  point  he  did  for  many  years  a  Avide  missionary  work  in 
addition  to  his  own  pastoral  labors.  Without  changing  his  field,  he 
became  a  member  of  the  Presbytery  of  Southwest  Missouri  at  its  organ- 
ization in  1865,  and  of  the  Presbyterv  of  Ozark  at  its  organization  in 
1870. 

Wherever  located,  he  was  always  prominent  in  the  deliberations  of 
his  Presbytery  and  active  in  the  organization  of  churches.  His  min- 
istry was  fruitful  of  revivals  in  his  own  and  other  churches,  his  labors 
continuing  uninterrupted  until  within  a  few  days  of  his  death.  "He 
was  always  at  the  front  in  every  good  office  and  work.  His  age,  his 
experience,  his  fearlessness  in  denouncing  wrong,  made  him  the  recog- 
nized leader  in  Christian  work.     When  others  faltered  he  was  firm.'' 


OSCAR  W.  GAUSS. 

Dr.  Gauss  has  labored  many  years  within  the  bounds  of  the  Pres- 
bytery of  Kansas  City,  part  of  the  time  in  the  Southern  connection  and 
part  of  the  time  in  ours.  Before  entering  the  Presbytery  of  Osage  he 
had  been  for  nine  years  Pastor  of  the  church  at  Boonville,  now  belong- 
ing to  the  Presbytery  of  Lafayette  (U.  S.).  While  with  us  he  did  good 
work  for  four  years  as  Pastor  in  Jefferson  City,  and  for  four  years  as 
Chaplain  of  the  Penitentiary  there.  He  is  again  a  resident  among  iis. 
being  now  (1900)  the  Pastor  of  the  Belmont  chapel  in  Kansas  Citv, 
and  the  Moderator  of  the  Synod  of  Missouri  (U.  ts.).  It  is  a  singular 
instance  of  fraternity  that  his  brother,  the  Rev.  J.  H.  Gauss  of  St. 
Louis,  is  at  the  same  time  the  ]\roderator  of  the  Synod  of  Missouri  (U. 
S.  A.).  These  brethren  have  both  worked  in  both  Synods,  and  are  a< 
good  an  instance  as  could  be  found  of  the  impossihility  of  distiT> 
Sfuishing  between  the  two   denominations  even   bv  name.      Missouri 


152  SKETCHES  OF  MINISTERS. 

Presbyterians  all  belong  to  the  same  family  and  are  doing  the  same 
work,  even  though  they  may  not  all  dwell  in  the  same  house. 

The  Committee  on  History  in  Kansas  City  Presbytery  is  in- 
debted to  Dr.  Gauss  for  the  loan  of  the  original  records  of  {he  Presby- 
tery of  Upper  Missouri,  of  which  he  is  the  Stated  Clerk,  and  for  other 
valuable  assistance  in  the  preparation  of  this  volume. 


HIEAM  PLUMMER  GOODRICH. 

The  church  at  Jelfgrson  City  has  had  among  its  Pastors  some  of 
the  strong  men  of  the  denomination  in  this  State.  One  of  these  was 
Dr.  Goodrich,  a  distinguished  scholar,  an  able  professor,  a  zealous 
Evangelist,  a  champion  of  Old  School  orthodoxy,  a  loved  Pastor,  "win- 
ning souls  to  Christ,  building  churches  and  working  with  apostolic 
zeal."  The  best  notice  of  him  we  have  seen  is  that  published  soon  after 
his  death  in  the  tit.  Louis  Fresbyterian.     We  give  it  entire : 

"The  death  of  such  a  man  as  he  whose  name  heads  this  communi- 
cation demands  more  than  an  ordinary  obituary  notice.  I  ask  therefore 
that  you  will  give  room  for  a  few  thoughts  and  facts  about  him,  from 
one  who,  for  two  years  and  a  half,  enjoyed  his  instructions  in  the  Theo- 
logical Seminary,  and  for  many  years  his  friendship  and  co-operation 
in  the  Gospel  ministry.  A  strong  personal  attachment  and  the  recollec- 
tion of  many  acts  of  kindness  will  doubtless  color  my  conceptions  of 
his  talents  and  piety;  but  I  endeavor  to  say  nothing  but  what  will  be 
sustained  by  all  who  knew  him  as  intimately  as  1  have  done. 

"He  belonged  to  a  family  illustrious  in  the  records  of  literature 
and  religion,  of  which  many  interesting  and  instructive  anecdotes  may 
be  found  in  the  'Life  and  Times  of  Peter  Parley.'  His  Puritan  ances- 
try contributed  almost  ecjually  to  these  two  great  departments,  and  of- 
ten the  same  man,  bearing  the  honored  family  .name,  laid  inestimable 
tributes  on  the  closelv  associated  altars  of  a  pure  literature  and  a  pure 
faith.  There  is  a  pulpii  in  New  England  that  was  supplied  by  mem- 
bers of  the  family  for  one  hundred  and  fifty  years;  and  Peter  Parley 
states  that  he  had  twelve  own  cousins  in  the  ministry. 

"Such  associations  would  almost  necessarily  turn  his  attention  to 
both  letters  and  piety.  But  his  first  devotion  was  to  the  former  of 
these  family  pursuits.  Although  surrounded  by  difficulties  resulting  in 
his  early  orphanage,  lie  surmounted  them  all  to  secure  a  liberal  educa- 
tion, which  he  pursued  with  an  ardor  so  self-forgetful  as  lo  produce 
temporary  blindness,  and  permanent  derangement  of  the  visual  organs. 
His  progress  was  commensurate  with  his  zeal,  and  in  a  remarkably 
short  time  he  was  prepared  to  enter  Union  College,  where  he  graduated 
with  distinction. 

"Fired  with  ambition,  he  directed  his  attention  to  the  study  of  the 
law,  which  he  prosecuted  for  a  year  and  a  half,  under  the  auspices  of 
Judges  Kent  and  Story  and  Chaneollor  Kent.  But  the  claims  of  per- 
sonal religion  could  not  fail  to  be  felt  by  one  in  liis  ^circumstances. 


H.  P.  GOODKICH.  153 

though  those  claims  were  long  postponed  from  the  fear  that,  if  he  be- 
came a  Christian,  he  must  needs  abandon  his  bright  hopes  of  wealth 
and  distinction,  and  preach  the  Gospel.  But  finally  this  temptation  was 
overcome,  and  he  gave  himself  up  to  Christ  and  the  ministry  of  recon- 
ciliation. With  a  view  to  the  work  of  a  Foreign  Missionary,  he  entered 
the  Seminary  at  Princeton,  and  shaped  his  studies  to  this  end  till  he 
was  constrained  by  prostrated  health  to  abandon  his  cherished  purpose. 
In  his  closing  year  in  the  Seminary,  he  was  recommended  by  Dr.  Alex- 
ander, to  his  friend.  Dr.  John  H.  liice,  who  was  then  engaged  in  found- 
ing Union  Theological  Seminary  in  Virginia.  He  was  at  once  chosen 
to  the  Professorship  of  Oriental  Literature  in  that  flourishing  institu- 
tion, and  gave  such  assistance  in  his  responsible  post  that  Dr.  iiice 
wrote  to  Dr.  Alexander  that  he  was  'worth  liis  weight  in  gold.' 

"Anxious  to  meet  the  high  expectations  his  brilliant  debut  had 
awakened,  he  was  accustomed  to  study  as  much  as  fourteen  hours  a 
day.  And  possessing  a  remarkable  facility  in  acquiring  and  retaining 
knowledge,  he  soon  gained  a  familiar  acquaintance  with  Latin,  Greek, 
Hebrew,  Chaldee,  Syriac  and  Arabic.  But  not  satisfied  with  these 
studies,  that  ministered  directly  to  the  purposes  of  his  Professorship, 
he  directed  his  mind  to  the  physical  sciences  and  kept  fully  abreast 
with  the  march  of  the  day  in  these  departments.  I  am  acquainted 
with  no  clergyman  whose  knowledge  was  so  varied  as  that  of  Dr.  Good- 
rich. 

"In  addition  he  was  at  this  period  a  very  popular  and  highly  use- 
ful preacher.  His  ministrations  were  eagerly  sought  for  and  Mghly 
prized — preaching  in  pulpits  that  had  been  filled  by  the  Hoges,  Alex- 
anders, Laceys  and  Eices — for  there  were  'giants  in  those  days,  men  of 
renown.' 

"But  the  painful  dissentions  of  1837-8  led  him  to  resign  his  Pro- 
fessorship. He  was  at  once  called  to  the  Vice-Presidency,  and  soon 
after  to  the  Presidency,  of  j\Iarion  College,  Missouri,  and  after  the  fail- 
ure of  that  scheme,  laid  the  foundations  of  the  church  in  Jefferson 
City.  He  came  to  St.  Louis,  and  was  the  means  of  establishing  the 
Westminster  *  church.  The  latter  portion  of  his  ministry  was 
spent  in  Carondelet,  where  he  again  foimded  a  church — so  that  there 
are  at  least  three  churches  in  the  Synod  of  Missouri  that  owe  their  ex- 
istence to  his  labors. 

"It  would  be  extremely  difficult  to  give  a  correct  and  adequate 
description  of  his  character  to  one  who  had  never  seen  him  in  his  prime. 
There  was  about  him  a  Protean  versatility  that  almost  defies  analysis. 
The  grave  and  the  gay — the  witty  and  the  profound — the  highest 
speculations  of  the  philosopher — the  minutest  trivialities  of  social  life 
— were  curiously  blended  in  liim.  His  vast  and  varied  knowledge  was 
associated  with  great  communicativeness  and  with  a  womanly  delicacy 
and  depth  of  affection  that  made  him  one  of  the  most  instructive  and 
delightful  companions  that  I  have  ever  known.    His  conversation  was 

•Westminister ^eein^  to  have  lippu  a  favorite   uiiine  witli    him.      It   was  lie  that  su?- 
y^sted  the  name  Westminister  for  the  Synod's  College  at  Fnlton. 

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154  SKETCHES  OF  MINISTERS. 

ofteu  more  rich  and  brilliant  tliau  his  public  discovirses.  One  of  the 
most  eminent  and  able  Ministers  of  our  time,  who  was  intimately  asso- 
ciated with  nini  in  his  labors  as  a  Professor,  thus  describes  him :  'He 
'  introduced  me  to  the  fields  of  literature.  I  have  often  viewed  with 
delight  the  scintillations  of  his  conversation,  as  they  sparkled  from 
his  lips.  Some  of  them  burst  and  fell,  but  among  them  were  bright, 
rich  gems.  *  *  *  When  with  those  he  thought  did  not  like  him,  he  wilted 
down  *  *  *  but  when  sure  of  the  love  of  those  around  him,  he  glowed 
and  shone  as  a  seraph.  To  love  and  to  be  loved  seemed  neces- 
sary to  his  nature  and  to  his  usefulness.' 

"With  such  a  character,  it  will  at  once  be  seen  that  he  was  the 
light  and  joy  of  his  own  family  circle,,  and  that  his  absence  is  mourned 
by  his  widow  and  children  as  few  have  been  mourned. 

"His  end  was  peaceful  and  triumphant.  He  met  the  announce- 
ment of  his  near  dissolution  without  fear,  and  died,  committing  his- 
loved  ones  to  a  covenant-keeping  God. 

"He  had  among  his  literary  labors  a  large  and  comprehensive 
Greek  Lexicon,  and  an  elaborate  work  on  Church  Government.  Both 
of  these  were  nearly  if  not  quite  ready  for  the  press. 

"He  was  born  in  Richmond,  Mass.,  Dec.  6,  1800,  and  died  in 
Carondelet,  Mo.,  May  17,  18.58.  'Blessed  are  the  dead  that  die  in  the 
Lord  *  *  *  for  they  rest  from  their  labors,  and  their  works  do  follow 
them.'  S.  J.  P.  A.'" 


EJ^OS  M.  HALBERT. 

The  first  man  ordained  by  the  reorganized  Presbytery  of  Osage 
after  the  Civil  War  was  one  who  had  been  a  Candidate  under  the  old 
Presbytery  of  Osage,  nearly  ready  for  ordination  when  the  war  came 
on.  He  is  one  of  the  two  spoken  of  in  the  letter  from  L.  R.  Morrison 
found  on  another  page.  He  said  of  himself  that  his  education  was  ob- 
tained at  North  Prairie  Institute,  Hickory  county.  Mo.,  Rev.  John  Mc- 
Millan, Principal;  and  that  his  ttieological  studies  were  pursued  "on 
horseback  and  at  home,  teaching  self,  S.  W.  Mo."  From  1843  to  1866 
he  was  a  "farmer,  miller,  student,  soldier,  merchant  in  S.  W.  Mo.' 
His  work  in  the  churches  was  almost  all  in  the  limits  of  the  present 
Presbytery  of  Ozark.  His  only  work  in  the  limits  of  this  Presbytery 
was  in  the  churches  of  Mt.  Sajem  and  Calhoun,  Henry  county. 

An  interesting  account  of  the  North  Prairie  church  (not  now  in 
the  limits  of  this  Presbytery)  is  given  by  the  Rev.  John  M.  Brown, 
(then  recently  returned  from  the  Union  army)  in  the  Presbytery  Re- 
porter, Feb.,  1866,  p.  42.  In  it  he  says:  "Dr.  Halbert,  the  patriarch 
of  the  neighborhood,  and  one  of  the  leading  men  of  this  section,  to- 
gether with  his  son  are  Elders  in  the  church.  He  (Dr.  H.)  and  four 
sons  were  in  the  Union  army  as  soldiers.  One  of  these  sons,  not  the 
Elder,  at  the  outbreak  of  the  rebellion  had  been  studying  some  years 
with  the  ministry  in  view,  and  under  the  care  of  the  old  Presbytery 


E.  M.  HALBEKT.  155 

of  the  Osage.  He  was  expeetiug  to  be  licensed  at  their  meeting  in 
tne  spring  oi  IbOl ;  but  tney  liaa  so  much  to  do  to  encourage  rebeiiion, 
no  time  was  lound  to  look  after  their  Candidate  for  the  ministry. 
Thus,  dropped  by  his  spiritual  fathers,  he  entered  the  Union  Army, 
served  his  iliree  years  with  honor,  and  now,  on  the  return  cf  peace, 
longs  to  preach  the  Gospel.  -Bro.  Taylor,  who  has  known  him  for 
years,  and  myself  told  him  to  go  ahead.  We  also  constituted  ourselves 
a  kind  of  provisional  Tresbytcry,  received  him  as  a  Candidate,  directed 
him  as  to  his  studies,  and  expect  to  license  him  next  spring,  as  one 
of  the  first  acts  of  our  reconstructed  Presbytery."  An  interesting  ac- 
count of  the  meeting  of  Presbytery  at  which  he  was  ordained  is  given 
by  Synodical  Missionary  Norton,  in  the  same  volume,  page  537. 


ISAAC  WILLIAM  KEK  HA.NLY. 

Xevin's  Encyclopedia  says :  "Dr.  Handy  was  a  man  of  clear  and 
strong  convictions,  and  of  great  tenacity  of  purpose,  yet  kind,  genial 
and  gentle  in  his  intercourse  with  all  around  him.  He  pos- 
sessed excellent  endowments,  and  they  were  well  cultivated  and  wisely 
used.  He  was  a  warm-hearted  friend.  His  manners  were  vivacious, 
genial  and  winning.  Although  decided  in  his  own  views,  his  senti- 
ments and  conduct  were  generous  and  liberal He  had  a  wide 

and  well-earned  reputation  for  accurate  research.  As  a  Christian  he 
was  eminent,  possessing  genuine  humility,  strong  faith,  ardent  hope. 
As  a  minister,  he  ever  watched  for  souls.  His  own  heart  and  soul 
were  ever  enlisted  in  the  service  of  Christ." 

In  preparing  this  history  the  compiler  has  tried  as  far  as  possi- 
ble to  get  contemporary  matter  as  the  basis  at  least  of  what  is  said 
about  the  various  Ministers  and  churches.  The  letter  given  below 
is  long  and  not  as  concise  as  we  could  desire,  though  full  of  matters 
of  interest,  even  aside  from  its  autobiographical  character.  It  is  in- 
serted with  some  hesitation  on  account  of  a  marginal  postscript 
which  reads :  "I  have  scratched  off  all  this  in  great  haste,  and  do  not 
wish  it  to  appear  as  from  me."  However,  the  letter  is  given  as  orig- 
inally written,  inasmuch  as  it  appears  that  the  haste  has  not  spoiled 
the  story,  and  that  those  alluded  to,  including  the  writer,  are  all  long 
since  passed  to  a  better  world.  There  is  nothing  in  it  which  the  writer 
or  anyone  else  need  be  ashamed  of  making  known. 

"Portsmouth,  Va.,  Mar.  3,  1860. 
'^Rev.  T.  Hill : 

"Dear  Brother, — T  am  glad  you  are  contemplating  a  History  of 
the  Presbyterian  Churches  of  Missouri.  There  is  much  to  be  said,  and 
much  of  groat  interest.  Now  is  the  time  to  gather  up  the  material ; 
and  your  long  residence  in  the  State,  and  other  qualifications,  fit  yon 
peculiarly  for  the  work. 

"*  *   *  *     T  may  say  briefly,   in  answer  to  your  several  ques- 


156  SKETCHES  OF  MINISTERS. 

lions :  Tliat  1  was  boru  iu  the  City  of  Wasiiiugton,  D.  C,  ou  tiie  15th 
of  December,  1815.  My  rudimental  education,  was  received  iu  vari- 
ous schools  in  my  native  city;  at  'Charlotte  Hall  Academy/  in  St. 
Mary^s  county,  Maryland;  and  at  Cambridge,  in  Dorchester  county, 
Md.  In  Washington  1  was  a  pupil  of  Mr.  S.  P.  Chase,  now  the  Hon. 
S.  P.  Chase,  Governor  of  Ohio.  Mr.  C.  was  then  a  student  of  law, 
with  the  Hon.  Wm.  Wirt,  and  Principal  of  a  'Select  Classical  Semi- 
nary.^ Among  his  pupils  were  the  sons  of  Mr.  Wirt;  Hon.  Sam.  A. 
Southard,  Secretary  of  the  Navy;  Hon.  Henry  Clay,  then  Secy,  of 
State;  Peter  Lenox,  Esq.,  Mayor  of  the  City;  and  of  Peter  Hagner, 
Esq.,  Fifth  Auditor  of  the  Treasury. 

"My  collegiate  studies  were  pursued  at  Jefferson  College,  Pa., 
where  1  graduated  in  1834.  I  entered  the  Theological  Seminary  at 
Princeton,  N.  J.,  in  1835,  being  then  just  nineteen  years  of  age,  and 
the  youngest  man  in  the  Seminary.  The  degree  of  A.M.  was  con- 
ferred at  Jefferson  in  three  years  after  my  graduation.  I  was  li- 
censed to  preach  the  Gospel  by  the  Presbytery  of  the  District  of  Co- 
lumbia, in  the  Bridge  Street  Church,  Georgetown,  now  the  Rev.  Dr. 
Brocock's,  on  the  .  .  .  day  of  April,  1838,  and  was  ordained  by  the 
Presbytery  of  Lewes,  at  Berlin,  Md.,  on  the  23d  of  November,  1838, 
and  installed  pastor  of  the  united  churches  of  Buckingham  and  Black- 
water,  the  first  of  these  churches  being  in  Worcester  county,  on  the 
east  shore  of  Maryland,  and  the  other  eighteen  miles  distant,  in  Sus- 
sex county,  Del.  The  sermon  was  preached  by  the  Rev.  John  Mc- 
Knight  of  Philadelphia,  from  Ps.  122:1-4. 

"I  remained  with  the  church  at  Berlin  (Buckingham),  the  churcii 
at  Blackwater  having  been  dropped  a  year  after  I  took  charge  of  it, 
for  about  six  years;  and  becoming  deeply  interested  in  the  loud  calls 
for  Ministers  at  the  West,  I  left  my  field  in  Maryland,  and  removed  my 
family  to  Paducah,  Ky.,  where  I  arrived  August  the  18th,  1844.  At 
this  place  application  was  made  to  the  American  Home  Missionary  So- 
ciety for  aid,  which  was  refused  without  assigning  a  reason ;  but  which, 
I  presume,  was  done  on  account  of  my  wife's  being  the  nominal  holder 
of  some  two  or  three  young  servants  given  her  by  her  father.  The 
conduct  of  the  Society  in  New  York  aroused  the  feeling  of  the  breth- 
ren in  Kentucky,  and  a  severe  newspaper  war  like  to  have  been  con- 
sequent. It  was  only  prevented  by  certain  good  brethren  at  the  North, 
who  begged  that  the  matter  might  be  winked  at,  because  of  peculiar 
circumstances  in  connection  with  the  condition  of  the  Board,  i.  e.,  so 
much  of  the  support  coming  from  abolition  quarters. 

"The  Board  of  New  York  having  thus  refused  aid,  the  Home  Mis- 
sionary Society  of  Kentucky  came  to  my  relief;  and  for  about  six 
months  ]  was  engaged  in  missionary  services  in  the  southwestern  part 
of  the  State,  residing  first  at  Paducah,  and  then  at  Blandville,  in  Bal- 
lard county. 

"Experiencing  great  difficulty  as  it  regards  support.  I  wrote  to 
Bro.  Bullard  about  the  destitutions  in  Missouri  and  received  a  press- 
ing invitation  to  go  to  that  state.     And  on  the  7th  of  March,  1845, 


I.  W.  K.  HANDY.  157 

through  the  iullueiKO  of  my  dear  Bro.  BuUard,  I  received  au  apuoint- 
meiit  Iroiii  ihe  Missouri  Home  Missionary  Society  to  act  as  G-eneral 
Missionary  Ayont  Tor  the  State,  with  tlie  privilege  of  locating  when- 
ever I  should  iiud  a  field  more  important  than  the  agency  itself.  1 
entered  upon  my  work  immediately  and  traveled  over  about  fifty  coun- 
ties of  the  State. 

''I  removed  my  family  to  Warsaw,  Mo.,  about  the  middle  of  June, 
1845,  and  located  there,  the  population  being  at  that  time  not  quite 
1,000.  Rev.  James  Gallaher  had  been  there  some  time  before  me,  and 
had  organized  a  little  church  which  had  been  left  to  die.  I  had  an 
acquaintance  there  who  had  been  settled  in  the  place  a  few  years,  and 
was  in  successful  business  as  a  merchant.  This  person  was  Mr.  Wil- 
liam Ayres,  of  the  firm  of  White  &  Ayres.  He  with  his  partner  were 
very  anxious  for  my  settlement  in  the  place,  and  it  was  mainly  through 
the  influence  manifested  by  them  that  I  was  induced  to  locate  there. 

"At  the  time  of  my  first. visit  to  Warsaw,  it  was  very  rarely  that 
a  Minister  of  any  denomination  passed  through  the  place ;  and  then  it 
was  a  rare  thing  with  that  people  to  hear  a  Gospel  sermon.  I  was  in- 
formed also  that  there  were  not  thirty  professors  of  religion  of  all  de- 
nominations in  the  city,  for  it  was  even  then  an  incorporated  city.  I 
preached  to  a  crowd  in  the  court  house,  and  after  sermon  I  passed  out 
of  the  house  confidently  expecting  someone  to  knock  me  beside  the 
head — such  was  the  mixed  multitude  to  whom  I  had  preached.  My 
apprehensions  were  greatly  aroused  in  consequence  of  the  mob  spirit 
that  had  long  been  prevailing  in  that  community.  In  three  years 
eleven  murders  had  been  committed  in  the  county,  and  not  one  of  the 
guilty  persons  had  been  brought  to  justice.  One  of  them  was  then  at 
large  in  the  eonmumity  and  came  to  hear  that  first  sermon.  T  was 
afterwards  informed  that  he  was  greatly  pleased;  and  this  statement 
was  corroborated  by  a  subscription  of  $5  toward  my  support. 

"When  I  first  went  to  Warsaw,  I  had  a  letter  of  introduction  ^o 
Mr.  John  Dunn,  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  who  was  keep- 
ing hotel  in  that  place.  T  was  put  in  a  room  the  first  night  with  some 
half  a  dozen  or  more  persons,  and  in  the  night  was  disturbed  by  one 
groaning  as  if  in  grpat  distress.  .'Kfter  awhile  he  called  my  name, 
and  earnestlv  inquired  if  T  would  not  come  and  preach  statedly  in 
Warsaw.  At  tliat  time  T  did  not  think  seriously  of  making  my  resi- 
dence there,  but  the  appeals  of  the  man  were  so  urgent  and  the  picture 
which  he  presented  of  the  moral  destitution  of  the  community  so  ap- 
palling, that  T  told  Ifim  if  God  should  make  tlie  way  clear  T  would  be 
willing  to  relinquish  my  agency  and  berome  a  settled  Pastor  in  Warsaw. 

"The  next  morning  the  man  who  had  spoken  to  me  and  myself 
were  the  last  persons  to  leave  the  room,  .\fter  dressing  he  went  to 
the  bedside,  and  turning  over  his  pillow,  took  therefrom  a  pistol  and 
a  divl-,  saying  as  he  did  so:  'You  inay  be  surprised  at  this  after  what 
has  passed  between  us;  but  the  truth  is,  sir.  if  I  were  without  these 
weapons,  T  could  not  pass  down  these  streets  without  being  a  dead  man 
before  night.'     The  amount  of  the  whole  matter  was  that  this  person 


158  SKETCHES  OP  MINISTERS. 

had  been  an  officer  of  police  during  tlie  c-oul'usion  among  the  'Slickers 
and  Anti-Slickers/  and  being  active  in  the  discharge  ol;  his  duties, 
had  brought  uj)on  himself  an  unusual  amount  of  odium  among  the 
disorderly. 

''The  da)'  after  1  preached  my  first  sermon,  a  paper  was  circulated 
among  the  citizens  to  see  what  could  be  done  toward  getting  up  a 
salary.  White  &  Ayres  headed  the  subscription  with  $50,  and  in  a 
few  hours  some  $250  were  pledged.  This  was  enougli  to  assure  me  of 
what  could  be  done.  Bro.  Jones  of  Henry  county  (formerly  a  Mis- 
sionary among  the  Osages)  happened  to  be  in  Warsaw  about  the  time 
of  my  visit;  and  at  once  he  joined  me  in  a  petition  for  aid  from  the 
Missouri  Home  Missionary  Society,  as  a  Missionary  at  Warsaw ;  which, 
being  presented,  was  responded  to  with  equal  promptness  and  cor- 
diality. 

"I  remained  at  Warsaw  until  May,  184:8,  my  wife  having  deceased 
on  the  25)th  of  February.  During  the  period  of  my  residence  there, 
great  changes  were  effected.  The  church  considerably  increased  in 
numbers,  and  secured  the  conficTence  of  the  community.  Many  of 
the  wild  and  desperate  characters  whom  I  found  in  the  place  upon  my 
arrival  moved  awav.  The  city  became  an  orderly  and  quiet  place.  A 
new  house  of  worship,  the  first  that  had  ever  been  erected  in  the  place, 
was  put  up ;  and  at  the  time  of  my  leaving,  the  congregation  was  in  a 
prosperous  and  thriving  condition. 

"It  may  interest  you  to  know  something  about  the  manner  in 
which  we  secured  the  erection  of  our  fine  brick  building,  as  we,  at 
that  time,  considered  it.  It  was  thought  by  many  that  no  effort  to  build 
a  house  could  possibly  succeed.  Toothing  daunted,  however,  I  went 
around  among  the  people  with  a  paper ;  and,  calling  upon  all  the  citi- 
zens, whether  members  of  the  congregation  or  not,  I  requested  them 
to  give  me  wliat  they  could,  in  money,  materials  for  building,  produce, 
or  any  article  whatever  that  could  be  spared.  The  success  was  beyon-i 
my  expectations.  Some  gave  money,  some  paper,  some  cirpenter 
work,  some  cabinet  work,  one  a  lot,  but  not  suitable  for  the  building, 
one  leather,  one  tailor's  work,  etc.  After  we  had  secured  the  largest  sub- 
scription possible,  we  advertised  for  proposals.  Several  builders  put 
in  their  bids ;  but  that  which  seemed  most  satisfactory  to  the  commit- 
tee was  a  proposal  from  a  ]\Ir.  Davis,  the  very  man  who  had  so  anx- 
iously entreated  me  to  locate  at  Warsaw,  and  who^e  case  T  have  men- 
tioned. He  consented  to  take  the  paper  for  just  what  the  face  of  it 
presented,  and  afterwards  in  paying  his  hands,  lie  turned  the  tailor- 
ing, furniture,  leather,  etc.,  etc.,  just  as  circumstances  needed.  We 
received  $nfifi  from  the  Church  Extension  Fund,  and  T  got  some  fur- 
ther assistance  from  abroad.  There  was  a  small  debt  on  the  church, 
I  think,  when  T  left. 

''When  T  commenced  this.  T  onlv  intended  to  sav  that  at  a  future 
time  T  would  send  vou  some  psii'f'Mdars :  but  mv  mind  and  pen  have 
run  on  unconsciouslv.  Xone  of  this  is  intended  for  publication  as  I 
send  it  to  you.     Take  wh,.t  you  please  of  it;  and  if  anytbinsf  more  is 


I.  W.  K.  HANDY.  159 

needed  in  this  style,  let  me  know.  1  would  refer  you  to  the  Christian 
Observer  lor  July  or  August,  18-iT,  lor  a  lull  and  interesting  letter 
of  Ero.  Bullar'd,  in  which  he  gives  some  items  that  will  be  of  value  to 
you  in  your  work.  He  thcrq  gives  an  account  of  my  relation  to  the 
church  at  Warsaw  and  of  my  success  with  other  matters  of  moment. 
If  you  can  have  access  to  old  files  of  the  Observer  for  184o-6-7,  you 
will  find  other  letters  of  value  from  myself  and  other  brethren,  giving 
some  account  of  missionary  tours,  and  presenting  the  condition  of 
the  several  fields  in  Missouri  at  those  dates.* 

"Bro.  Bullard  wrote  an  article  about  the  indifference  of  the  Board 
in  New  York  to  the  destitutions  in  Missouri,  which  was  published  in 
the  Observer,  and  which  you  ought  to  see.* 

"Your  friend  ami  brother, 

"Isaac  W.  K.  Handy." 


GEORGE  WILLIAM  HAKLAX. 

A  short  account  of  the  good  work  done  by  this  brother  at  Osce- 
ola is  given  in  the  sketch  of  that  church.  He  is  one  of  the  few  men 
now  living  who  can  speak  from  personal  knowledge  of  the  original 
Osage  Presbytery,  by  which  he  was  ordained  in  1856.  The  following 
letter  in  reply  to  a  request  for  reminiscences  modestly  omits  mention 
of  his  own  work,  but  gives  interesting  information  concerning  some  of 
whom  we  have  not  been  able  to  obtain  so  full  an  account  elsewhere. 

"Farniington,  Mo.,  Nov.  19,  1900, 
"I  have  deferred  this  reply  in  order  that  I  might  find  data 
to  refresh  my  memory,  and  thus  give  you  the  information  you 
desire.  In  this  respect  I  am  somewhat  disappointed,  yet  will  report 
such  items  as  I  have.  [Here  follows  a  list  of  the  members  of  Pres- 
bvterv  and  of  the  churches  at  the  time  of  his  ordination,  taken  from 
the  M.  G.  A.,  1859.]  Of  these  brethren  the  Morrisons,  McMillan, 
Taylor  and  Ricketts  were  from  Tennessee;  and  all,  I  think,  students 
of  theology  under  Dr.  Anderson  of  ]\Iaryville.  whom  they  greatly  ad- 
mired. W.  H.  Smith  was  an  eastern  man,  and  at  the  secession  of  the 
Presbytery  in  1857  adhered  to  the  New  School  Assembly.  A.  Jones 
and  William  0.  Requa  were  originallv  connected  with  the  Harmony 
Mission  among  the  Osage  Indians.  J.  Y.  Barks  and  I  became  con- 
nected with  the  Lafayette  Presbyterv  of  the  Old  School  Assembly,  U. 
S.  A.  It  is  mv  impression  tliat  A.  Jones  and  W.  C.  Requa  also  joined 
the  same  Presbyterv.  The_ others  were  received  under  the  care  of  the 
Tnited  Synod  of  the  Presl)yterian  rhurch.  I'.  S.  A.,  which  was  con- 
stituted in  1857  by  certain  svnods  in  the  Southern  States,  who.  being 
aggrieved  by  tbe  action  of  the  Now  School  .\ssembly  of  ^May  1857  on 
tbo  -ubiect  of  slavery,  seceded. 

"Of  these  brethren,  the  Rev.  Joseph  Y.  Barks  and  Levi  R.  "Mor- 

•Tlie  romtiiittoo  rpirrots  not  lirtvint:  aocps-;  to  tlie  Irlos  nipntioned. 


160  SKETCHES  OF  MINISTERS. 

rison  were  very  efficient.  The  former  came  from  Andover  Seminary 
after  his  graduation,  with  his  young  wife,  to  Warsaw,  Mo.,  in  tlie  fall 
of  1848,  took  charge  of  the  Presbyterian  church  of  that  place,  and 
there  remained  until  1863,  fifteen  years.  ^  Then,  owing  to  tlie  disrup- 
tion of  the  church,  arising  from  the  conflicts  of  the  Civil  War,  he  left, 
and  took  charge  of  Lick  Creek  church  in  Palmyra  Presbytery.  He  ex- 
celled in  pastoral  work;  being  a  good  judge  of  human  nature,  he  knew 
how  to  approach  people  and  influence  them  for  good.  As  a  preacher 
he  was  instructive,  plain  and  practical  in  his  sermons,  and  had  the 
virtue  of  brevity,  always  securing  and  holding  the  attention  of  his 
hearers,  so  that  to  people  of  all  classes  he  was  most  acceptable  and  use- 
ful. During  the  period  of  his  connection  with  this  Presbytery,  he  did  a 
good  work  in  building  up  a  strong  church  at  Warsaw,  also  in  evangel- 
istic labors  at  various  places  in  this  Presbyter}^,  in  all  parts  of  which 
he  was  well  and  favorably  known,  being  highly  esteemed  for  his  de- 
voted piety  and  faithful  labors  as  a  Minister  of  the  Gospel.  The  mem- 
ory of  [thiese  labors]  is  very  precious,  and  their  influence  will  never 
perish. 

"Rev.  L.  R.  Morrison  had  charge  of  the  Xorth  Prairie  church. 
Hickory  county,  during  his  entire  connection  with  this  Presbytery 
some  ten  or  fifteen  years,  as  I  cannot  give  dates  of  his  reception,  which 
was  some  years  prior  to  1854,  when  I  assumed  charge  at  Osceola.  He 
remained  at  his  home  faithfully  ministering  to  the  flock  under  his 
care,  until  by  military  authority  he  was  arrested  as  a  Southern  sym- 
pathizer, taken  from  his  family  and  held  as  a  prisoner.  He  was  above 
the  average  as  a  preacher,  being  fluent,  clear  and  forcible,  and  at  times 
quite  eloquent.  Strong  in  his  convictions  and  very  decided  in  his 
adherence  to  the  doctrines  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  he  preached 
and  defended  the  same  with  great  abilitv.  Inclined  to  polemics,  he 
was  fearless  in  preaching  the  faith  once  delivered  to  the  saints,  as  he 
held  it,  and  in  controverting  what  he  regarded  as  the  errors  of  other 
systems  of  Theology  and  Church  Government.  At  times  in  his  repre- 
sentations of  error  and  vice,  he  indulged  in  a  strain  of  ridicule  and 
sarcasm  at  which  some  of  his  hearers  would  be  offended.  Ho  was 
distinguished  for  the  'fortiter  in  re'  rather  than  for  the  'suaviter  in 
modo.' 

"Abundant  and  diligent  in  labors  at  home  and  abroad,  he  was  in- 
strumental in  building  up  a  strong  church  at  ISTorth  Prairie,  and  in 
starting  an  Academy  at  which  young  men  were  prepared  for  College. 
In  response  to  frequent  calls,  he  preached  at  vacant  churches  and  mis- 
.-•ion  points,  and,  as  opportunity  was  given,  held  evangelistic  services 
which  were  greatly  blessed  in  winning  souls  to  Christ  and  strenjjthen- 
i<ig  feeble  churches.  His  labors  were  interrupted  by  the  Civil  War, 
and  he  himself,  from  exposure  and  ill  treatment  as  a  prisoner,  was 
nttfickod  with  rheumatism  in  so  severe  a  form  that  he  became  a  cripple 
for  life,  and  could  not  walk  or  stand  erect:  so  that  when  he  preached, 
which  he  coniinued  to  rlo  as  long  as  he  lived,  he  was  seated  in  a  chair. 
Thus  fearless  and  faithful,  he  toiled  on,  meekly  enduring  the  trials 


G.  W.  HAKLAN.  1(51 

and  alllictiorift  allotted  him,  uutil  the  end  came;  and  on  Dec.  29th, 
18<ii,  in  the  G3d  year  of  his  age,  being  released  from  his  labors  and 
sufferings  b}'  (le?>tlj^  he  was  called  to  his  reward.  His  life  and  labors 
are  held  in  grateful  remembrance.  Their  influence  is  of  inestimable 
value  and  will  never  die.  *  *  *  *  *" 

Of  ihe  late  i^ev.  Dr.  Timothy  Hill,  long  the  Secretary  of  the 
Missouri  Home  Missionary  Society,  and  afterwards  its  President  and 
the  first  Synodical  Missionary,  he  writes :  "My  recollection  of  your  fa- 
ther is  very  pleasing.  I  think  of  him  as  associated  with  the  Rev.  Dr. 
Artemas  Bullard,  so  long  Superintendent  of  Home  Missions  in  the 
New  School  Synod  of  Missouri.  They  were  kindred  spirits,  so  zealous 
and  indefatigable  amid  great  discouragements  in  the  prosecution  of 
their  great  and  good  work,  always  cheerful  and  hopeful,  ever  ready  to 
give  counsel  and  aid  to  Home  ^Missionaries  under  their  care,  of  whom  I 
was  one.  What  a  good  example  they  set  us !  May  we  have  grace  to 
follow  i^!  *  *  *  *  * 

"P.  S. — You  ask  respecting  the  Minutes  of  Osage  Presbytery. 
Bro.  MorrisoK  was  Stated  Clerk  in  1859,  and  until  dissolution  of  the 
Presbytery.  After  his  death,  the  family  moved  to  Texas,  so  I  cannot 
tell  where  the  records  are — perhaps  lost." 


GEORGE  PRICE  HAYS. 

It  is  needless  in  the  space  at  our  disposal  to  attempt  to  present 
an  adequate  sketch  of  so  many-sided  a  character  as  that  of  Dr.  Hays. 
Certainly  none  of  the  various  sketches  that  we  have  seen,  prepared  as 
most  of  them  were  soon  after  his  death,  does  anything  more  than  to 
present  some  of  the  more  salient  features  of  a  life  remarkable  in  every 
way.  Among  those  memorials  none  is  more  vigorous  or  brilliant  than 
that  of  Dr.  H.  D.  Jenkins,  delivered  (on  the  Sabbath  following  the 
death  of  Dr.  Hays)  in  the  pulpit  so  long  occupied  by  Dr.  Hays  in 
Kansas  City.     He  said : 

"It  is  but  natural  that  my  thoughts  should  be  preoccupied  with 
the  life  work  of  the  one  who  preceded  me  in  this  pulpit,  and  who  has 
now  so  recently  been  taken  from  us,  a  brother  faithful  and  beloved, 
who  ha?  occupied  manv  positions  of  power  in  the  Church,  and  who  had 
been  honored  as  the  first  officer  in  a  denomination  upwards  of  a  million 
etrong.  He  was  widely  known  upon  the  platform  and  in  the  execu- 
tive chambers  of  various  councils  both  at  home  and  abroad ;  but  I 
doubt  if  lie  would  ask  for  any  more  honorable  epitaph  than  the  words 
which  I  have  chosen  for  a  text  this  morning:  'A  good  minister  of  Jesus 
Christ.'  He  had  that  appreciation  of  popular  applause  which  belongs 
to  the  born  orator,  yet  to  it  he  never  sacrificed  truth  or  conscience :  he 
possessed  that  ability  for  organization  which  caused  the  Church  to 
seek  his  aid  in  most  important  movements,  and  to  look  to  him  for 
advice  in  critical  moments,  yet  I  do  not  believe  that  any  friends  of  liis 
ever  thought  of  him  as  ambitious  to  excel  in  mere  oratory  or  adniinis- 


162  SKETCHES  OF  MINISTERS. 

tration.  He  \v;as  always  at  his  best  in  the  pulpit,  and  nothing  so 
iiroused  him  to  the  full  exercise  of  his  brilliant  ^ifts  as  the  defense 
of  the  profession  in  which  he  spent  his  life.  When  tlie  Church  sought 
for  a  man  who  should  best  present  the  lights  and  shadows  of  minis- 
terial experience,  it  turned  to  him  and  intrusted  him  with  the  ditlicult 
task.  And  those  of  us  who  heard  him  during  that  campaign  in  behalt 
of  aged  and  worn-out  ministers,  l-cnow  how  near  to  his  lieart  the  woriv 
and  life  "of  the  ministry  lay.  By  his  own  instincts,  by  his  conscious 
choice,  and  by  all  the  studies  of  his  later  years,  he  was  pre-emiuently 
a  minister;  and  by  his  achievements  iie  showed  himself  to  be  'A  Good 
Minister  of  Jesus  Christ,^ — 'His  theme  divine;  his  office  sacred;  his 
c-redentials  clear.' 

"Xor  is  this  light  praise.  No  class  has  a  higher  ideal  to  main- 
tain, none  a  more  difficult  task  to  discharge.  No  other  profession  re- 
quires such  blending  of  the  spiritual  and  the  practical.  To  constitute 
a  good  minister  of  Jesus  Christ  recpiires  at  once  the  greatest  heavenly- 
inindedness  and  the  most  temi)erate  earthly  prudence,  the  enthusiasm 
of  a  zealot  and  the  self-restraint  of  a  philosopher.  In  a  good  minister 
the  most  contradictory  elements  meet  and  strengthen  rather  than  de- 
stroy each  other — the  wisdom  of  the  serpent  joining  naturally  with 
the  innocence  of  the  dove,  the  hand  being  chilled  iron  but  the  glove 
silk  velvet. 

"And  it  ou2,"ht  to  be  said  first  of  all  that  Dr.  Hays  was  a  good 
minister  of  Jesus  Christ  by  his  virile  personality.  It  is  true  of  a  min- 
ister as  of  a  poet  that  he  is,  if  of  the  best  class,  'born,  not  made.'  You 
can  make  ministers  of  a  certain  class  out  of  anything,  but  a  good  min- 
ister requires  that  for  his  makeup  which  no  art  can  supply.  *  *  *  * 
"Whatever  faults  Dr.  Hays  may  have  had — and  that  he  had  faults  was 
evident  to  himself  and  to  his  friends — they  were  never  such  as  evinced 
a  lack  of  courage,  of  independence,  of  persistence.  Like  the  great 
War  President,  Abraham  Lincoln,  whom  in  many  personal  traits  he 
resembled,  the  problems  of  life  weit  to  him  too  grave  to  permit  much 
thought  of  the  problems  of  raiment.  He  had  a  hearty  contempt  for 
the  millinery  of  the  profession ;  and  if  he  had  been  given  his  choice  for 
pulpit  use  between  the  Baptist's  camel's  hair  coat  or  the  ritualist's  silk- 
embroidered  stole,  he  would  have  taken  the  camel's  hair  garment  every 
time.  It  was  this  vigorous,  aggressive,  martial  personality  which  pre- 
eminently fitted  him  from  birth  to  be  'a  good  minister  of  Jesus  Christ.' 

"But  in  the  second  place,  he  was  such  a  minister  as  Paul  wished 
Timothy  to  be.  bv  clearness  of  faith  and  tenacity  of  conviction.  In  a 
dav  when  many  ministers  do  not  know  either  the  philo=:ophical  basis 
of  their  creed  or  the  logical  defences  of  their  confession,  he  knew  both. 
Tic  was  not  a  Calvinistic  minister  witb  ;ni  Arminian  explanation  of 
his  tenets,  nor  a  Presbyterian  Pastor  witb  leanings  toward  Prelacv. 
He  was  as  consistent  as  John  Knox,  and  as  firm  on  his  feet  as  Martin 
Luther  at  the  Diet  of  Worms.  He  bad  2;iven  not  simplv  a  cursory 
hour  to  the  great  problems  which  underlie  tliese  distinctions,  but  he 
had  given  long  years  of  honest  and  patient  study  to  the  contrasted 


G.  F.  HAYjS.  163 

^jliilosopliies  irom  which  creed:-  arise;  and  lie  not  only  knew  to  which 
Church  he  belonged,  but  he  knew  why  he  was  where  lie  was,  and  why 
he  could  be  notuiug  else.  The  tj:reat  intellectual  battlelields  of  the 
past  were  familiar  ground  to  him,  and  from  Augustin  to  McCosh  h^- 
knew  the  teachings  of  the  Church  and  the  reasons  therefor.  No  onj 
can  read  his  clear  exposition  of  the  creed  of  his  own  denomination,  in 
his  history  of  his  Church,  without  feeling  that  this  man  was  a  scholar 
who  had  sounded  the  dojjths  of  the  deepest  problems  that  employ  the 
mind.  His  conviction  of  the  absolute  sovereignty  of  God  was  as  'rock- 
ribbed  and  ancient  as  the  hills.'  It  rested  on  his  conception  of  the 
Divine  Personality  and  the  necessary  attributes  of  the  Absolute.  His 
■creed  was  not  a  coat  that  he  might  cut  to  suit  the  times,  but  (as  it 
ought  to  be  with  every  Minister  of  middle  life)  it  was  the  form  in 
which  the  studies  and  conclusions  of  thirty  years  naturally  crystallized. 

:i:     ^    :ic    iH 

"Dr.  ]{ays  was  a  good  minister  of  Jesus  Christ  by  the  catholicity 
of  his  spirit  and  the  charity  of  his  life.  *  *  *  Presbyterian  as  he  was 
by  birth,  education  and  personality,  there  is  not  in  any  part  of  his 
controversial  writings  the  slightest  trace  of  what  is  commonly  called 
the  'odium  theologicum'  or  sectarian  bitterness.  To  him  the  writers 
and  preachers  who  intelligently  held  and  courteously  defended  their 
own  denominational  linos  were  w-orthy  of  respect — far  more  w^orthy 
of  respect  than  men  who  neither  understood  nor  cared  for  their  dis- 
tinctive symbols. 

"There  are  natures  to  wdiich  charity  or  its  counterfeit  seems  not 
difficult,  because  they  take  nothing  seriously.  *  *  *  They  can  toler- 
ate all  views  because  they  can  consistently  defend  none.  Pmt  it  was 
not  so  with  the  late  Pastor  of  tliis  church.  He  was  as  fixed  as  granite, 
but  as  kindly  tow^ard  those  who  differed  from  him  as  St.  Paul ;  and 
his  book,  issued  during  one  of  the  most  lieated  controversies  of  our 
Church,  bears  no  trace  of  the  disturbances  of  the  time  in  which  it  was 
written.  I  have  five  well-known  histories  of  American  Prosbyterian- 
ism  upon  my  shelves:  and  that  of  Dr.  Hays,  vigorously  as  he  wrote  and 
firmly  as  he  held  his  own  convictions  upon  all  subjects,  is  the  one  dis- 
tinguished above  the  rest  for  its  impartiality  and  catholicity.  H(^ 
loved  hi.<5  own  Church  as  he  loved  his  country  and  its  flag:  but  that 
flid  not  prevent  a  tribute  of  honest  praise  to  men  who  differed  from 
him.  but  who  could  state  the  reason  why  they  diflFered  and  whv  they 
held  themselves  apart.  T  l>oliove  his  work  npon  the  principles  and  poli- 
tv  of  our  denomination  will  take  precedence  of  others  more  pretentioii=, 
for  the  best  of  all  reasons,  that  its  spirit  accorrls  with  the  spirit  of  the 
Gospel  and  its  method  presents  our  view<5  while  not  disparacfing  or 
misrepresenting  the  views  of  other  denominations. 

"And  now.  in  conclusion,  it  is  my  privilege  to  acknowled'je  my 
personal  oblisations  to  him  for  the  foundations  which  he  laid  and  th':^ 
work  which  he  left  to  mv  hands  to  carry  on,  under  the  Master  Builder 
to  whom  we  are  both  accountable.  He  came  to  this  church  in  a  di*^- 
oult — ho  remained  with  it  Ihrough  a  critical — period.     Tt  is  a  simpl"' 


164  SKETCHES  OF  MINISTERS. 

matter  to  be  a  prosperous  iiiercliant  upon  a  rising  market,  or  to  be 
known  as  a  great  financier  when  all  winds  blow  toward  a  favorable 
port.  But  when  Dr.  Hays  took  charge  of  the  interests  of  this  churchy 
he  had  to  face  the  first  fury  of  the  financial  cyclone  which  was  ready 
to  whirl  its  rapid  way  across  the  whole  continent.  For  the  first  time  in 
a  third  of  a  century  the  church  found  its  resources  crippled,  and  he, 
already  past  middle  life  and  breaking  in  health,  was  called  upon  to 
pilot  the  threatened  bark  amid  the  rising  waves.  I  do  not  forget  the 
sacrifices  of  others,  the  counsel  he  received  from  his  colleagues  in  the 
Session,  and  the  aid  rendered  by  other  boards  of  the  church;  but  had 
he  been  other  than  he  was — had  he  been  either  selfishly  ambitious  or 
weakly  vacillating,  less  true  to  his  Master  or  less  faithful  to  his  peo- 
ple, I  can  but  think  the  church  would  have  suffered  grave  loss  if  not 
certain  wreck.  His  work  can  only  be  honestly  and  fairly  judged  when 
one  takes  into  view  the  unparalleled  difficulties  which  confronted  him 
and  the  increasing  infirmities  which  culminated  in  that  nervous  pros- 
tration from  which  there  was  no  recovery  and  only  the  relief  of  death. 

Upon  the  dissolution  of  his  nastorate  in  the  Second  Chuich,  ap- 
propriate and  very  feeling  resolutions  were  passed  by  the  church  itself,, 
which  were  transmitted  to  tlie  Presbytery  and  by  it  recorded  as  a  part 
of  its  minutes.  In  addition  to  these  the  Presbytery  adopted  resolution-; 
of  its  own,  in  which  it  said  (in  part)  :  ''The  Presbytery  *  *  *  in  dis- 
solving the  pastoral  relation  '^  *  *  desires  to  place  on  record  its  high 
appreciation  of  the  labors  of  Dr.  Hays,  both  as  Pastor  and  as  Presbyter, 
and  its  regret  that  this  dissolution  has  been  rendered  necessary  by  his 
failing  health.  Even  when  prudence  demanded  moderation,  zeal  for 
his  Master's  work  both  at  home  and  abroad  rendered  it  impossiljle  for 
him  to  neglect  the  exacting  duties  of  a  large  and  influential  city  pastor- 
ate, the  frequent  calls  for  special  services  by  various  Boards,  Presby- 
teries, Synods  and  the  General  Assembly,  the  preparation  of  an  elab- 
orate presentation  of  the  historical  and  present  position  and  influence 
of  Presbyterianism,  and  earnest  participation  in  numerous  other  im- 
portant enterprises." 

The  foregoing  quotations  tell  much  about  Dr.  Hays,  but  they  do 
not  mention  such  of  his  prominent  characteristics  as  his  ready  wit, 
his  unusual  powers  of  debate,  his  peculiar  geniality,  his  wide  and  up- 
to-flate  information,  his  accessibility  to  all  that  sought  him — traits 
that  made  him  a  favorite  in  the  home  and  on  the  platform.  They 
do  not  tell  of  the  importance  of  the  churches  he  served  before  coming 
among  us,  nor  of  the  eleven  years  spent  as  President  of  Washington 
and  Jefferson  College,  where  he  had  an  important  part  in  training 
many  of  those  now  most  prominent  in  the  Church  and  State.  They 
do  not  speak  of  the  many  thousands  of  dollars  he  succeeded  in  raising 
for  Wooster  University  and  for  his  own  Colle<re,  nor  of  the  $600,000  he 
raised  in  1888  for  the  Board  of  Ministerial  Pelief.  They  ?ay  nothing 
about  his  last  trip  abroad,  when  he  led  a  party  (composed  mainly  of 
those  that  had  been  his  parishioners")  during  a  tour  of  Europe,  Egypt 


G.  P.  HAYS.  165 

and  Palestine.  They  do  not  remind  us  of  iiis  early  consecration  of 
himself  to  the  Foreign  Mission  field,  which  physicians  thought  him 
not  strong  enough  to  enter,  nor  of  his  distinguished  advocacy  of  Mis- 
sions both  at  home  and  abroad.  They  do  not  recall  the  sorrowing  sym- 
pathy with  which  thousands  heard  from  time  to  time  the  news  from  the 
friends  at  his  side  during  those  last  four  years  of  utter  prostration 
and  nervous  wreck  of  the  one  who  had  so  abundantly  won  their  re- 
spect and  love.  These  and  similar  characteristics  will  long  keep  his 
memory  fresh  and  his  name  revered. 


CONKAD  H.  HECKMANX. 

The  proportion  of  Germans  in  the  limits  now  covered  by  the  Pres- 
bytery of  Kansas  City  has  never  been  large  as  compared  with  that  in 
other  portions  of  the  State.  What  few  there  are  have  affiliated  mainly 
with  other  denominations  than  Presbyterians.  What  might  have  been 
done  among  them  if  the  work  carried  on  by  the  Xew  School  Church 
among  them  had  not  been  interrupted  by  the  Civil  War,  cannot,  of 
course,  be  said.  But  we  find  that  a  work  begun  by  the  Eev.  C.  H.  Heck- 
mann  about  1850  grew  to  require  all  his  time  and  that  of  one  or  two 
others,  who  formed  several  organizations  under  the  care  of  the  Presby- 
tery of  Lexington,  mainly  within  the  present  limits  of  the  Presbytery 
of  Platte.  One  of  the  organizations  to  which  Mr.  Heekmann  minis- 
tered was  that  of  the  Westport,  now  a  part  of  Kansas  City,  which  ^^as 
for  a  time  quite  flourishing.  He  preached  occasionally  in  Independ- 
ence also,  though  we  have  found  no  trace  of  a  German  organization 
there. 

A  letter  from  him  in  the  July  Home  Missionary,  1850,  tells  of 
his  work :  "Though  the  weather  has  been  stormy,  and  the  river  some- 
times high,  I  have  still  been  enabled  to  meet  all  the  appointments  in 
my  widely  extended  circuit.  My  heart  feels  grateful  to  God  who  has 
kept  and  guided  me,  and  has  given  me  such  good  health.  I  never  had 
supposed  I  could  undergo  such  hardships;  but  God's  promise  has  been 
verified,  'My  grace  is  sufficient  for  thee.'  I  have  administered  the 
Sacrament  in  all  my  appointments  this  quarter.  The  members  have 
almost  all  presented  themselves  at  the  Lord's  table.  Some  who  were 
excluded  for  ill  conduct  at  other  times  have  repented,  confessed  and  re- 
turned to  duty,  and  (I  trust)  to  God.  In  Westport  I  baptized  a  lady 
of  25  years,  the  first  adult  I  ever  baptized.  *  *  *  At  most  of  mv  ap- 
pointments things  look  encouraging,  but  there  is  need  of  having 
preaching  oftener  among  the  people,  and  another  preacher  is  very  much 
needed  in  this  region  of  country.  I  cannot  give  up  any  portion  of  mr 
field  while  the  people  are  so  earnest  to  have  the  ordinances  of  the  Gos- 
pel among  them.  *  *  -^  During  the  past  year  T  have  circulated  forty 
Bibles,  baptized  more  than  one  hundred  children,  and  have  made 
many  hearts  glad  by  being  the  instrument  of  preaching  the  Gospel  to 
«nme  who  have  not  heard  it  for  vears.     Had  it  not  been  for  the  wise 


166  SKETCHES  OF  MINISTERS. 

designs  and  expanded  benevolence  of  the  American  Home  Missionary 
Society,  tliey  would  not  have  now  heard  it,  nor  perhaps  for  many 
years  to  come.  In  the  Judgment  many  will  rise  up  to  call  those  blessed, 
who  have  contributed  for  its  widespread  usefulness.'" 


JOHN  HEREON. 

Before  coming  to  this  Presbytery,  Mr.  Herron  had  already  es- 
tablished a  high  ministerial  reputation,  as  may  be  seen  from  the  notice 
of  him  in  Nevin's  Encyclopaedia.  That  reputation  he  well  sustained 
the  few  years  he  was  at  Sedalia,  where  he  supplied  the  First  church, 
1887-8,  and  the  Broadway  church,  after  the  consolidation  of  the  First 
church  with  it,  until  the  churches  again  separated  at  the  time  of  the 
formation  of  the  Central  church.  Nevin  says  of  him :  "His  ministry- 
has  been  largely  blessed.  He  is  an  able  preacher.  Energetic,  patient, 
abundant  in  labors,  original  in  methods,  pleasing  in  address,  studious 
in  habit,  and  of  single  and  intense  purpose,  he  is  an  efficient  keeper  of 
the  trust  committed  to  him.  He  is  a  favorite  orator  on  popular  occa- 
sions. Several  of  his  sermons,  orations  and  addresses  have  been  pub- 
lished." While  with  us  he  received  the  unusual  honor  of  election  tO' 
the  moderatorship  of  this  Presbytery  during  the  first  year  of  his  mem- 
bership in  it.  His  leaving  was  regarded  as  a  loss  to  the  church  in  Se- 
dalia  and  to  the  Presbytery  at  large. 


TIMOTHY  HILL. 

The  first  part  of  the  following  sketch  is  taken  substantially  as 
given  in  the  Encyclopaedia  of  the  History  of  Missouri,  which  was  pub- 
lished in  the  summer  of  1901. 

"Few  men  have  had  more  to  do  with  the  molding  of  the  religious 
life  of  the  west  than  the  late  Rev.  Timothy  Hill,  D.D.,  of  Kansas  City,. 
Tracing  his  ancestry  along  many  lines  to  the  earliest  Puritan  settlers 
of  the  Colony  of  Massachusetts  Bay  and  their  descendants,  who  proved 
their  piety  and  their  patriotism  by  the  parts  they  took  in  the  founding 
and  defense  of  that  commonwealth  and  of  this  nation.  Dr.  Hill  throuuh- 
out  his  life  showed  the  same  qualities  jDf  head  and  heart  that  made 
their  influence  so  potent  and  far-reaching.  He  was  born  in  Mason,. 
N.  H.,  June  30,  1819.  His  father  was  the  Rev.  Ebenezer  Hill,  a 
native  of  Boston,  a  graduate  of  Harvard  College  in  1786,  a  student  of 
theology  under  Dr.  Seth  Payson  of  Rindgo.  N.  H..  ordained  Pastor 
of  the  Congregational  church  of  Mason,  N.  H.,  Nov.  3^  1790.  There 
he  remained  Pastor  until  his  deatli.  May  20,  18.54.  In  the  days  when 
the  Church  was  maintained  by  the  Town,  such  long  pastorates  wore- 
more  common  than  now.  The  lives  of  even  generation  after  genera- 
tion of  the  townspeople  were  thus  influenced  bv  the  same  man,  who^ 
called  in  youth,  spent  his  whole  ministerial  life  with  the  one  people.. 


1IM<>11IV     IIII^J^. 


TIMOTHY  HILL.  167 

The  history  of  the  Church  and  its  records  were  then  largely  those  of 
the  Town,  whose  most  respected  and  prominent  citizen  was  its  minister. 
This  is  amply  proved  by  the  History  of  Mason  (pp.  32^)  and  the  Mcm- 
oir  of  the  Eev.  Ebenezer  Hill  (pp.  114),  both  published  in  18o»  by 
the  late  Hon.  John  B.  Hill,  of  Bangor,  Maine. 

"Dr.  Hill's  mother,  Abigail  Jones  (Stearns),  was  the  third  wil'e 
of  the  Kev.  Ebenezer  Hill,  and  daughter  of  Col.  Timothy  Jones,  if 
Bedford,  Mass.  He  was  the  youngest  child  of  a  large  and  widely  scat- 
ered  family,  all  trained  to  hal>its  of  industry,  and  educated  lor  po- 
sitions of  usefulness  which  they  long  filled  with  modesty  and  honor. 
His  own  education,  after  leaving  the  home  farm,  was  obtained  at  the 
New  Ipswich,  N.  H.,  Academy,  class  of  1838,  Dartmouth  College.  184  i, 
and  Union  Theological  Seminiiry,  1845.  During  and  after  his  col- 
lege course  he  taught  school  for  several  years*  His  choice  after  leav- 
ins;  the  seminary  was  to  go  as  a  Foreign  Missionary  to  India.  But. 
as  in  the  case  of  many  others,  providential  causes  turned  his  steps 
toward  the  Home  Mission  field  instead. 

"In  the  fall  of  1845  Dr.  Hill  was  one  of  a  company  of  ten  young 
theologues  induced  by  the  late  Dr.  Artemas  Hullard  to  locate  in  Mis- 
souri. His  first  winter  was  spent  in  ^Monroe  county,  after  which  he 
settled  in  St.  Charles.  There  he  was  ordained,  Oct.  22,  1 846.  and  re- 
mained in  charge  of  the  New  School  Presbyterian  church  from  184(1 
to  1851.  He  then  went  to  St.  Louis,  where  he  organized  the  Fair- 
mount  Presbyterian  church,  of  which  he  remained  Pastor  until  the  out- 
break of  the  Civil  War.  In  1861  he  removed  to  Illinois,  where  ho 
supplied  the  churches  of  Rosemond  and  Shelb^'ville  about  two  year- 
each.  In  all  the  years  of  political  agitation  preceding  and  during  the 
War,  he  was  a  strong  Whig  and  later  a  Republican  in  politics,  well 
known  as  a  decided  anti-slavery  man  in  the  days  when  such  men  were 
much  in  the  minority  in  ^lissouri. 

"At  the  close  of  the  War.  Dr.  Hill  returned  to  this  State,  settling 
in  Kansas  City,  where  he  organized  the  Second  Presbyterian  church,. 
July  16,  1865.  This  church  belonged  to  what  was  then  known  as  the 
New  School  Synod  of  "Missouri,  of  which  its  Pastor  had  long  been  a 
prominent  member.  For  years  he  was  the  Svnod's  Stated  Clerk  and 
three  time?  its  Moderator.  Through  his  efforts  the  Second  church 
was  the  first  of  the  many  churches  organized  in  Kansas  Citv  after  tlie 
War  to  get  a  house  of  worship,  and  from  the  start  secured  a  foremost 
position  among  the  churches  of  the  city,  which  it  has  since  maintained. 

"In  1868  Dr.  Hill  was  appointed  Svnodical  ^fissionary,  having 
superintendence  for  the  Board  of  Home  Missions  over  its  work  in  th-^ 
Southwest.  His  work  at  first  covered  IMissouri.  Kansas,  Indian  Terri- 
tory and  Texas.  As  the  work  increased  he  save  the  States  over,  ono 
l)y  one,  into  other  hands  until  at  the  time  of  his  death  in  1887  he  re- 
tained the  Territory  only.     In  those  nineteen  years  he  had  much  to  do 

*AH  his  Hfe  long  Dr.  Hin  was  scholarly  in  his  tastes  and  haliits.  thoiitrh  so  busy  hp 
could  not  devote  himself  to  hiB  studies  as  he  longed  to  do.  His  snare  moments  were 
usually  spent  in  reading  the  tireek  Testament,  the  Septuagint,  the  Hebrew  Bible  or  the 
Vulgate.    In  such  studies  he  delighted,  and  never  allowed  himself  to  grow  ••rusty. "" 


168  SKETCHES  OF  MINISTERS. 

with  the  resurrection  of  Presbyterianism  in  Missouri  after  the  War, 
and  with  its  planting  and  propagation  in  the  other  States  and  Terri- 
tor}'  mentioned.  His  work,  especially  in  Kansas,  is  even  yet  spoken  of 
as  the  most  successful  ever  done  anywhere  by  one  in  his  position.  He 
was  a  born  organizer,  a  skilled  executive,  a  good  judge  of  men  and 
of  opportunities,  a  zealous  advocate  of  Presbyterian  doctrine  and  pol- 
ity, a  ready  and  convincing  public  speaker.  Few  commercial  travelers 
of  his  day  had  so  large  a  territory  as  he  to  visit,  or  covered  it  oftener. 
His  correspondence  was  large  and  burdensome,  his  preaching  frequent, 
his  reports  to  the  Board  of  Home  Missions  and  contributions  to  the 
religious  press  numerous  and  important.  Had  he  turned  his  atten- 
tion to  secular  business,  he  doubtless  would  have  acquired  wealth,  as 
many  investments  made  by  him  for  others  amply  proved.  His  judg- 
ment was  admired  and  trusted  by  all.  No  man  of  his  day  had  so  large 
a  knowledge  of  the  Presbyterian  history  of  the  West,  or  had  done  more 
to  make  it.  There  is  great  regret,  therefore,  that  the  last  years  of  his 
life  could  not  have  been  spent,  as  he  had  planned,  in  committing  that 
history  to  writing. 

"On  Nov.  2,  1854,  Dr.  Hill  married,  in  the  city  of  St.  Louis. 
Miss  Frances  A.  Hall,  a  native  of  Orange  county,  N.  Y.,  who  had  been 
a  student  at  Mt.  Holyoke  Female  Seminary  under  Mary  Lyon,  and  for 
several  years  a  teacher  in  the  South  and  in  St.  Louis.  To  her  much  of 
the  credit  is  due  for  whatever  of  good  he  accomplished.  She  still  sur- 
vives him,  with  her  two  sons,  the  Rev.  John  B.  Hill  and  Henry  E. 
Hill,  an  architect,  all  resident  in  Kansas  City." 

No  biography  of  Dr.  Hill  has  ever  been  published,  though  vol- 
umes might  easily  have  been  filled  with  interesting  and  valuable  bio- 
graphical matter  pertaining  to  him,  which  would  have  been  in  part 
a  History  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  West.  An  appreciative 
memorial  address  was  delivered  before  the  Synod  of  Kansas  in  the 
fall  of  1887,  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  D.  C.  Milner,  who  spoke  particularly  of 
his  work  in  Kansas,  though  much  of  what  is  there  said  applies  equally 
well  as  to  his  work  in  this  State.  During  all  the  time  of  his  acting  as 
Synodical  Missionary  he  was  a  resident  of  Kansas  City,  and  a  mem- 
ber of  this  Presbytery.     Dr.  Milner  said,  in  part: 

"It  is  interesting  to  note  his  early  interest  in  the  welfare  of  the 
country  which  was  to  be  the  scene  of  his  principal  labors.  While  a 
Pastor  in  [St.  Charles  and  afterward  in]  St.  Louis,  years  before  Kan- 
sas was  admitted  as  a  State,  and  in  the  midst  of  the  turmoil  of  border 
wars,  he  wrote  for  Eastern  papers  a  number  of  letters  defending  the 
men  who  favored  free  institutions,  and  spoke  prophetic  words  as  to  the 
future  of  this  Territory.  He  came  to  Kansas  City  in  1865,  and  this 
interest  became  still  greater;  and  when,  in  1868,  he  was  appointed 
Superintendent  of  Missions  for  the  Synod  of  Missouri,  which  then  in- 
cluded Kansas,  he  became  identified  with  the  work  of  tlie  Church  in 
this  State  for  the  rest  of  his  life.  He  soon  devoted  himself  entirply 
to  the  work  of  the  new  S^oiod  of  Kansas,  which  then  embraced  the  In- 
flian  Territorv  and  Texas.     Soon  after  he  was  released  from  the  car.^ 


TIMOTHY  HILL.  169 

of  Texas,  but  continued  to  the  last  identified  with  Kansas  and  tlie  In- 
dian Territory.  Thougli  he  closed  his  otticial  relations  with  Kansas 
in  1885,  he  preserved  the  most  intense  interest  in  our  Church  affairs, 
and  did  much  for  their  welfare  up  to  the  very  date  of  his  death. 

"The  Presbyterian  Church  in  Kansas  is  a  product  of  Home  Mis- 
sions. A  very  great  majority  of  its  churches  have  been  nourished  by 
the  Home  Boara,  and  its  houses  of  v^'orship  aided  by  the  Board  of 
Church  Erection. 

"The  growth  of  the  State  of  Kansas  has  been  without  a  paralleL 

*  *  *     The  growth  of  the  Presbyterian  phurch  is  also  unparalleled. 

*  *  *  During  these  years  when  the  population  of  the  State  has  in- 
creased six  fold,  the  membership  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  has  more 
than  multiplied  thirteen  fold.  This  marvelous  growth  has  been  due 
in  large  measure  to  the  energy,  wisdom  and  devotion  of  Dr.  Hill, 
We  believe  that  no  other  man  has  done  so  much  for  the  growth  of  the 
Church  of  Christ  in  Kansas,  as  well  as  that  of  the  Presbytf lian  Church. 
His  reports  as  Synodical  ]\Iissionary  would  be  almost  a  complete  his- 
tory of  the  Presbyterian  Cnuirch  in  Kansas  for  seventeen  years.  We 
sometimes  hear  of  the  slowness  of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  In  this 
Synod  it  has  often  been  in  advance  of  all  others.  *  *  * 

"Dr.  Hill  had  a  remarkable  acquaintance  with  every  portion  of 
the  State.  Perhaps  no  one  man  knew  as  much  of  its  citie>  and  towns, 
its  soil  and  productions.  Few  men  wrote  more  about  the  State ;  and 
the  files  of  the  English  religious  periodicals  have  many  letters  from 
him,  not  only  showing  the  condition  of  religious  work,  but  also  the 
growth  and  resources  of  the  State,  with  his  confident  opinions  of  its 
great  future. 

"He  had  pre-eminent  qualifications  for  his  work  as  Superintend- 
ent of  Missions.  He  was  devoted  to  the  Missionary  idea.  He  has 
been  well  called  'a  born  Missionary.'  His  whole  clerical  life  of  more 
than  forty  years  was  spent  in  Home  Mission  wMirk.  He  had  broad 
ideas  of  the  work  to  be  done  in  the  West.  He  had  studied  carefully 
the  question  as  to  our  exceptional  populations.  *  *  *  Ho  hid  not  only 
planned  for  the  rural  districts  and  the  smaller  towns,  but  had  ad- 
vanced ideas  on  the  needs  of  the  cities  and  the  importance  of  Church 
extension  in  these  great  centers  of  population.  He  was  omphaticallv 
a  Western  man,  and  Dr.  Henry  A.  "NTelson  well  styled  him  a  'walking 
cvclopaxlia  of  the  West.' 

"He  was  a  man  of  unusual  business  ability.  His  shrewdness,, 
however,  was  of  the  wise  and  helpful  kind,  and  bis  judgment  was  oT 
vfist  value  to  many  Church  enteiprises.  He  had  a  remarkable  power' 
in  reading  men  and  his  prophecies:  as  to  the  future  of  ministers  rarely 
failed.  He  had  a  good  deal  of  sympathy  with  weak  men ;  but  he  had 
no  patience  with  the  'dead  beat.'  who  occasionally  takes  the  role  of 
the  preacher,  and  tries  to  force  himself  upon  churches  to  thoir  de- 
struction. 

**Presbyteriep  would  have  saved  themselves  much  trouble  if  they 
had  in  some  notable  cases  profited  by  his  judgment.     There  is  some- 


170  SKETCHES  OF  MINISTERS. 

times  expressed  a  fear  of  the  'one  man  power' ;  but  it  is  especially  true 
in  the  work  of  Missions  that  the  wisdom  and  experience  of  one  man 
is  superior  to  the  confused  counsel  of  many.  We  hear  at  times  of  the 
need  of  a  'ministerial  bureau^  to  bring  ministers  and  vacant  churches 
together.  Dr.  Hill  was  himself  such  a  bureau.  There  are  many 
churches  in  this' synod  to-day  that  are  thankful  for  his  wisdom  in 
sending  them  'the  right  man  for  the  right  place.' 

"We  may  well  recall  some  of  liis  severe  labors  during  the  years 
he  was  our  Synodical  Missionary.  Think  of  his  long  journeys,  aver- 
aging at  least  15,000  miles  a  year.  Often  he  traveled  off  the  rail* 
roads  in  stage  or  wagon  with  uncomfortable  surroundings.  I  well 
remember  the  first  time  I  met  him  at  Presbytery,  which  met  in  a  littk 
cabin  in  Southwest  Missouri.  It  was  some  70  miles  from  the  railroad, 
and  he  came  on  a  wagon,  in  a  great  storm  of  snow  and  sleet,  over  roads 
almost  impassible  from  mud. 

"His  correspondence  was  immense,  and  he  had  no  aid  from  stenog- 
rapher and  typewriter.  He  was  the  great  medium  of  intelligence  be- 
tween ministers  and  churches.  He  visited  the  theological  seminaries 
and  urged  upon  them  the  claims  of  Home  Mission  fields.  He  was 
connected,  directly  and  indirectly,  with  the  organization  of  a  large 
proportion  of  our  churches  and  assisted  at  the  dedication  of  many 
houses  of  worship.  In  his  visits  to  our  Presbyteries,  how  often  did 
he  show  that  he  knew  more  about  the  work  in  their  bounds  than  any 
member.  He  assisted  in  settling  many  a  church  quarrel.  He  deeply 
sympathized  with  ministers  in  tlieir  trials,  and  letters  of  tender  com- 
fort from  him  can  be  found  in  homes  of  bereavement.  In  the  later 
years  of  his  work,  with  advancino-  age.  the  vast  increase  of  the  field, 
and  the  especial  work  of  the  Indian  Territory  pressing  upon  him,  he 
conld  not  give  the  same  attention  to  individual  ministers  and  churches 
he  had  done  in  former  years.  vSomo  of  tlinse  who  came  later  to  our 
Synod  did  not  make  the  proper  allowance  for  the  enormous  work  on 
his  hands,  and  he  was  very  sensitive  to  criticisms  on  the  subject,  and 
more  than  once  desired  Synod  to  relieve  him  of  his  burdens. 

"For  almost  three  years  he  gave  his  chief  attention  to  the  work 
of  ^Missions  in  the  Indian  Territory.  Anyone  who  had  spent  an  hour 
with  him  during  these  years  would  certainly  have  had  presented  to  him 
the  importance  of  the  work.  With  what  earnestness  he  would  spread 
out  the  map  of  the  Territory,  and  point  out  the  line?  of  railroad 
built  or  projected,  and  show  the  locations  of  Missions  and  schools,  with 
comments  on  men  and  measures  and  incidents  of  the  work  done  for  the 
redmon.  In  thinking  of  it  now,  there  is  something  almost  pathetic 
in  his  enthusiastic  devotion  to  the  work  for  the  Indians. 

"We  sometimes  hear  of  a  Bishop  in  charge  of  a  great  diocese. 
Here  was  a  Bishop  of  the  true  Apostolic  succession,  and  a  Superin- 
tendent of  Missions  of  Kansas.  What  growth,  and  what  conquests  for 
Christ  did  he  witness  under  his  administration! 

"On  the  21st  of  Mav  he  was  found  dead,  with  his  glasses  in  place, 
and  a  h^ter  concerning  Missionary  work  dropped  from  his  hands.     A 


TIMOTHY  HILL.  171 

few  moments  before,  he  looked  out  of  a  western  window  from  the  bluffs 
of  Kansas  City  that  commanded  a  fine  lookout  of  Kansas,  and  said, 
'What  a  splendid  prospect !'  His  last  vision  of  this  earth  with  mor- 
tal eyes  was  that  of  the  State  for  which  he  had  an  intense  love  and  for 
which  he  had  given  so  many  years  of  labor,  and  his  last  thoughts  were 
of  the  work  among  the  Indians.  *  *  * 

"The  best  monument  we  can  raise  to  his  memory  is  to  carry  on 
earnestly  and  faithfully  the  work  of  his  life.  Let  this  great  Home 
Mission  Synod  press  the  work  of  church  organization,  and  church  effi- 
ciency and  independence.  I  cannot  better  close  this  memorial  than  by 
using  his  own  words :  'Stirred  by  the  memories  of  the  past,  catching 
thfe  mantle  of  those  who  have  gone  before,  it  becomes  us  to  work  while 
the  day  lasts,  leaving  no  duty  undone,  knowing  that  our  labor  is  not 
in  vain  in  the  Lord.  Let  us  labor  with  sedulous  care  thai  we  may 
transmit  to  those  who  will  come  after  us  an  untarnished  record,  care- 
fully laying  broad  and  deep  the  foundations  of  the  Church  of  God,  rest- 
ing on  the  Rock  of  Ages,  that  others  may  carry  on  our  work  when 
we  are  gone,  and  thus  rear  the  glorious  Church  of  God  immovable 
forever.' " 

Many  more  quotations  it  would  be  a  pleasure  and  a  form  of  filial 
piety  to  give;  but  there  can  be  room  for  only  one  more,  which  is  from 
the  remarks  of  Dr.  C.  L.  Thompson  at  his  funeral: 

"Dr.  Hill  was  a  born  Missionary.  It  can  h^  truthfully  said  of 
him  that  he  organized  and  helped  to  organize  more  Presbyterian 
churches  in  this  country  than  any  other  man.*  *  *  The  last  rich 
months  of  his  life  he  lived  for  the  Indian  Territory ;  and  that  last  long 
journey  to  the  East,  fatiguing,  as  it  proved  to  be  beyond  his  strength, 
was  undertaken  in  part  *  *  *  that  he  might  once  more  plead  before 
the  Board  of  Missions  the  claims  of  the  Indian  work.  His  love  for 
the  work  at  the  closing  days  was  a  touching  reminder  of  tlie  Foreign 
Missionary  zeal  of  liis  student  days.  Thus  his  desire  to  preach  to 
the  heathen  was  reached  at  last;  and  he  illustrated  in  his  work  the  sen- 
timent he  expressed  in  print  only  a  few  months  ago,  when  he  said: 
^Foreign  Missions  and  Home  Missions  are  so  blended  that  no  man  can 
tell  where  the  one  ends  and  the  other  begins;  and  no  man  who  is  not 
cordially  interested  in  both  has  any  true  conception  of  the  spirit  of  the 
Gospel.'  These  words,  as  Dr.  Nelson  has  said,  are  indeed  worthy  to 
be  printed  in  gold;  they  are  worthy  of  the  man  who  in  purpose  as  a 
boy  would  go  to  the  heathen,  who  gave  his  strength  to  founding 
churches  in  our  own  country,  and  his  ripest  and  tenderest  months  to 
those  who  are  the  neglected  heathen  of  a  Christian  land. 

"His  knowledge  of  men  was  commanding.  Wo  have  never  known 
a  man  who  could  give  a  fairer,  clearer,  juster  estimate  of  people.  With 
charity  toward  all  and  malice  for  none,  he  held  and  expressed  his  own 
convictions  in  no  uncertain  way.  His  trumpet  gave  a  ringing  sound. 
And  yet.  while  he  was  tenacious  of  his  opinions,  and  extremely  frank 
in  avowing  them,  there  was  something  so  manly  in  his  manner,  and 
so  kind  withal,  that  firmness  seldom  offended.     He  had  no  smooth 


172  SKETCHES  OF  MINISTERS. 

arts  of  speech;  he  never  sued  for  favor;  he  went  straight  on,  but 
witJi  consideration  so  tempering  earnest  conviction,  and  a  kind  heart 
so  appearing  through  a  plainness  of  speech,  that  those  whose  opinions 
or  conduct  he  crossed  were  still  his  staunch  friends, 

"The  caaase  of  our  Church  in  all  the  West  has  sustained  a  great 
loss.  How  many  enterprises  will  miss  his  counsel  and  help !  The 
Presbyterian  Alliance  of  Kansas  City,  into  whose  projected  work  he 
threw  himself  with  great  energy;  the  Ladies'  College  at  Independence, 
in  which  he  felt  a  great  interest;  and  especially  Park  College,  for 
which  he  had  the  highest  hopes,  and  to  which  he  gave  himself  in  most 
unstinted  measure — how  all  these  works  will  miss  his  strong  hand 
and  ready  word ! 

"The  history  of  Presbyterianism  in  this  and  neighboring  States 
is  also  a  great  loser  in  his  death.  He  knew  more  about  the  religious 
development  of  Missouri  and  Kansas  and  more  about  the  marvelous 
and  even  romantic  history  of  Missions  among  Indian  nations  than  any 
living  man.  So  impressed  with  this  fact  was  the  Synod  of  Missouri  that 
a  few  years  ago  they  asked  him  to  prepare  from  the  valuable  mater- 
ials in  his  hand  and  in  his  memory  a  history  of  our  Church  in  this 
State.  To  this  large  work  he  hoped  to  give  his  declining  years. 
Much  knowledge  will  be  buried  to-day.  The  busy  hand  and  brain  are 
still,  and  much  of  our  history  has  gone  into  the  irrecoverable  past.  *  *  ■' 
Two  of  the  fairest  of  our  States  will  be  forever  associated  with  the 
name  of  Timothy  Hill.  Hundreds  of  churches  will  be  his  monuments ; 
streams  of  blessing  across  the  desert  will  tell  to  remojjest  times  of  the 
faith  and  toil  of  the  prince  of  Presbyterian  Missionaries." 


FREDERIC  WILLIAM  HINITT. 

Though  an  Englishman  by  birth,  Mr.  Hinitt  is  a  Missourian  by 
long  residence  and  education,  as  well  as  by  his  first  pastorate.  His 
home  was  in  St.  Joseph,  where  for  some  years  he  was  in  an  architect's 
office,  while  preparing  for  college.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Sixtli 
Street  church  there,  which  is  connected  with  the  Southern  Assembly. 
After  graduating  from  Westminster  College  and  MeCormick  Theolog- 
ical Seminary,  he  began  his  regular  ministerial  life  as  Pastor  of  our 
church  at  Warrensburg.  There  he  immediately  took  high  rank  and 
was  greatly  esteemed  as  a  man,  preacher  and  Pastor.  Dignified  and 
courteous  in  manner,  careful  and  attractive  in  personal  appear:ince, 
earnest  and  scholarly  in  the  pulpit,  a  cultivated  singer  and  a  for-eful 
speaker,  he  was  a  favorite  with  young  and  old,  students,  professors  and 
townspeople.  Though  he  remained  in  Warrensburg  but  three  years 
before  accepting  a  call  to  Ottumwa,  Iowa,  he  left  the  church  in  a  pros- 
perous condition,  much  improved  by  the  good  work  he  accomplished 
there. 


EDWARD  HOLLISTER.  17;3 

EDWARD  HOLLISTER. 

Though  uever  settled  over  a  church  in  this  Presbytery,  the  man 
that  organized  its  oldest  church,  that  at  Boonville  (now  in  the  South- 
ern connection,  deserves  at  least  a  slight  notice.  From  a  sketch  of  his 
life  found  in  the  Presbytery  Reporter  Jan.,  1870,  pp.  72-4,  it  appears 
that  Mr.  HoUister  was  born  at  Sharon,  Ct.,  Feb.  22,  1796,  whence 
he  removed  with  his  father's  family  to  Salisbury,  Ct.  After  grad- 
uating at  Middlebury  College,  and  while  a  student  at  xVndover  Sejiii- 
nary,  "during  one  vacation  wliile  hiboring  as  a  lay  ^lissionary  m  Bos- 
ton, Mass.,  he  witnessed  the  deeply  interesting  exercises  at  the  em- 
barkation of  Messrs  Winslow,  Scudder  and  others  for  the  C.-ylon  Mis- 
sion ;  and  wrote  lines,  published  in  the  Boston  Recorder,  a  farewell  ad- 
dress to  them,  which  were  printed  and  sung  in  the  program  of  exer- 
cises at  the  ordination  of  Messrs.  Bingham  and  Thurston,  at  Goshen, 
Conn.,  Sept.  29,  1819.  This  is  mentioned  to  show  the  early  bias  of 
his  mind  to  a  missionary  field. 

"Sept.  26,  1820,  he  was  ordained  by  the  Pri'sbytery  of  London- 
derry, *  *  *  together  with  Daniel  Gould  and  Horace  Belknap,  and  went 
on  a  Mission.  Started  Sept.  27,  1820,  to  Missouri  and  Illinois,  under 
the  direction  of  the  Connecticut  Home  ^^lissionary  Society,  under  whos  i 
care  he  remained  until  the  spring  of  1822.  His  1  ibors  were  extensive 
and  valuable  *  *  *  at  several  points  collecting  and  organizing  churches. 
*  *  *  In  the  spring  of  1822  he  visited  New  England,  expecting  to 
return  West  to  remain;  but  at  a  late  day  in  the  season  for  making  th:' 
journey,  he  was  informed  by  a  Secretary  of  the  Society  that  they  could 
employ  only  itinerants."  He  reluctantly  gave  up  returning  to  th» 
West  then,  but  in  1834  returned  to  Illinois,  whore  h''  spent  the  re- 
mainder of  his  life. 

HORACE  CARTER  HOVEY. 

Probably  the  most  scientific  man  that  has  ever  occupied  any  pul- 
pit in  this  part  of  the  country  is  the  Rev.  H.  ('.  Hovey,  D.D.,  now  the 
Pastor  of  the  historic  church  in  Xewburyport,  ]\rass.,  under  whosr>  pul- 
pit the  Evangelist,  George  Whitefield,  whs  buried  late  in  Colonial 
times.  The  son  of  a  College  Professor,  he  himself  was  early  elected 
a  Tutor  in  Wabash  College,  and  was  ever  deeply  interested  in  scien- 
tific studies.  Though  continuously  in  the  pastorate  since  his  ordina- 
tion in  1858,  Dr.  Hovey  has  found  time  to' make  careful  personal  in- 
vestigations, as  well  as  to  read  and  write  extensively  on  scientific  stud- 
ies, and  to  make  himself  a  recognized  authority  on  the  subject  of 
caves.  He  has  t)oen  for  years  a  eorre-^tiondiMit  iW  various  litc-arv.  sci- 
entific and  religious  periodicals,  and  a  member  of  -everal  of  tlv  lead- 
ing geological,  geographical  and  philosophical  societies.  His  pub^'shed 
works  include  a  Manual  of  Mammoth  Cave,  one  on  Celebrated  Am-^ri- 
oan  Caverns,  and  one  on  Subterranean  Map -Miking,  besides  sermons 
and  addresses,  and  articles  in  the  Encyclopaedia  Britannica. 

Dr.  Hovev  was  Pastor-Elect  of  the  First  Presbvterian  church  of 


174  SKETCHES  OF  MINISTERS. 

Kansas  City  from  1873  to  1875,  during  the  times  of  financial  depres- 
sion and  trouble  that  ruined  many  of  our  churches  in  city  and  country 
both.  He  was  a  forcible  writer  and  an  able  speaker,  whose  gifts  have 
since  found  large  exercise  in  several  important  pulpits,  both  Presbyter- 
ian and  Conffresrational. 


ROBERT  IRWIN. 

Dr.  Irwin,  long  so  well  known  in  this  State,  first  came  to  Mis- 
souri in  1869,  having  accepted  a  call  to  the  Pastorate  of  the  First 
church  of  Kansas  City.  Previous  to  that  time,  after  having  graduated 
from  Hanover  College  and  Western  Seminary,  he  had  f^erved  as  Pas- 
tor of  a  church  in  Bethlehem,  Ind.,  for  eight  years,  as  Chaplain  in  the 
U.  S.  Army  for  one  year  during  the  Civil  War  (from  which  he  was 
forced  to  resign  on  account  of  sickness),  an(f  as  Pastor  of  a  church  at 
Waveland,  Ind.,  for  five  years. 

The  story  of  the  discouraging  sigjit  that  met  his  eyes,  when,  on 
arrival  in  Kansas  City,  he  beheld  the  smoking  ruins  of  the  beautiful 
church  to  which  he  had  accepted  a  call,  is  told  in  the  sketch  of  the 
First  church  given  on  another  p'dge.  As  there  was  no  insurance,  the 
plight  was  doubly  distressing.  A  man  of  less  faith  and  courage  would 
have  given  up  and  retired.  But  undaunted  himself,  he  soon  led  his  dis- 
couraged people  into  a  new  building,  in  a  new  location,  where  a  large 
congregation  was  built  up  and  prospered  under  his  ministrations.  Hav- 
ing received  a  sunstroke,  however,  in  the  summer  of  1872,  his  health 
was  so  impaired  that  he  was  compelled  to  resign  in  March,  1873. 
Though  not  afterwards  formally  identified  with  this  Presl^ytery,  his 
work  as  Superintendent  for  the  Board  of  Publication  and  Sunday 
School  Work,  1873-80,  and  as  President  of  Lindenwood  College  until 
his  death,  was  such  as  to  bring  him  into  close  touch  with  all  our 
churches  and  with  many  of  their  homes.  He  was  also  for  years  well 
known  as  an  excellent  Clerk  of  ecclesiastical  bodies,  having  served  as 
Stated  Clerk  of  the  Presbvtery  of  Lafavette  until  the  Reunion,  and  as 
Stated  Clerk  of  the  Synod  of'  Missouri,  1870-91.  In  all  his  work  he 
was  efficient  and  beloved. 


RICHARD  H.  JACKSON. 

Tall,  keen-eyed,  square-shouldered,  perpendicular  even  to  the  top 
of  his  white  hair,  the  figure  of  the  Rev.  R.  H.  Jackson  is  one  that  can 
never  be  forgotten  by  those  that  knew  him.  But  his  influence  for 
good  in  this  Presbytery  will  be  still  more  abiding.  Though  never  a 
Pastor  among  us,  he  served  as  Supply  for  the  pulpits  of  five  of  our 
churches,  in  one  of  which  he  remained  longer  (fourteen  years)  than 
any  other  member  of  this  Presbytery  since  the  Civil  War  ever  remained 
in  pontiniioiis  oharge  of  ono  of  its  ohurobes.    When  he  came  among  us, 


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R.  H.  JACKSON.  J  75 

Mr.  Jackson  settlea  over  the  churches  of  Appleton  City  (1877-82)  and 
Wcsilield  (1877-91).  He  also  had  charge  of  the  Dcepwater  church 
(1886-90).  Most  of  the  time  he  lived  out  on  the  prairie,  adjoining 
the  Westheld  church,  to  which  fact  much  of  his  success  is  doubtless 
due.-  No  church  is  likely  to  succeed  whose  Pastor  does  not  live  on 
the  field. 

Much  of  his  life  having  been  spent  as  a  teacher,  part  of  his  energy 
and  that  of  his  wife  were  oiven  to  the  establishment  and  conduct  of  a 
small  academy,  adjoining  his  home  and  the  Westfield  church,  which 
became  a  benefit  to  the  church  and  the  community.  Their  names  will 
long  remain  fragrant  in  all  that  region.  Of  his  quiet  but  eil'ective 
work  he  says :  '"I  had  a  fair  degree  of  success  in  these  fields.  West- 
field  built  its  first  house  of  worship  while  1  was  its  Supply  (using  a 
schooVhouse  when  I  went  there).  Deepwater  was  organized  and 
built  its  present  house  of  worship  under  my  administration."  After 
four  years  in  Arkansas,  during  which  time  Mrs.  Jackson  died,  he  re- 
turned to  this  region  in  1895,  and  spent  one  year  with  the  Creighton 
church  and  another  with  the  Tipton  church,  which  was  his  last  regular 
work  in  this  Presbytery. 


HERMON  DUTILH  JENKINS. 

One  of  the  most  difficult  postitions  any  man  ever  found  himself 
placed  in  was  that  which  Dr.  Jenkins  secured  by  accepting  the  call  to 
the  Second  church,  Kansas  City,  in  1895.  Aside  from  the  ordinary 
difficulties  to  be  expected  in  any  city  parish,  he  had  the  high  stand- 
ard of  able  predecessors  to  maintain,  a  much  weakened  (though  united) 
congregation  to  re-establish  in  a  time  of  widespread  financial  depres- 
sion, and  the  responsibilities  of  the  leading  church  of  the  denomination 
in  this  part  of  the  country  to  meet  when  all  the  time  the  character 
of  the  population  to  which  the  church  could  naturally  appeal  for  mem- 
bership and  support  was  rapidly  changing.  How  well  ho  met  these 
unusual  requirements  is  seen  in  part  of  the  sketch  of  the  Second  church 
given  elsewhere.  Not  many  months  had  passed  after  his  coming 
until  the  church,  which  had  lost  half  its  membership  just  before  he 
came,  had  regained  its  former  active  membership,  and  was  doing  al- 
most as  much  as  ever  in  the  way  of  benevolences.  To  cap  it  all  came 
the  fire  of  April  4,  1900,  by  which  the  church  lost  its  house  of  worship 
and  its  "parsonage,  while  Dr.  Jenkins  and  his  family  lost  all  their 
earthly  possessions  that  fire  could  destroy.  The  minute  adopted  by  the 
Presbyterian  Alliance  of  Kansas  City  at  that  time  is  as  follows: 

"It  is  with  deep  regret  that  the  Pres])yterian  Alliance  of  Kansas 
City  records  the  serious  loss  that  has  befallen  the  Second  Presbyterian 
church  of  this  city  and  its  Pastor,  the  Rev.  H.  D.  Jenkins.  D.D.  We 
extend  to  the  congregation  and  Pastor,  both  so  unexpectedly  homeless, 
our  cordial  sympathy.  We  congratulate  them  on  the  Christian  for- 
titude with  which    thev  have  mot  their  loss  and  kept  thoir  faith.     The 


176  SKETCHES  OF  MINISTERS. 

church,  though  not  fully  insured,  has  decided  to  rebuild  at  once  its 
house  of  worship.  The  Pastor  cannot  so  soon  recover  himself.  Be- 
reft in  moments  of  the  accumulations  of  years,  no  amount  of  skill, 
money  or  sympathy  can  restore  to  him  the  treasures  of  his  private 
records,  his  innumerable  manuscripts,  his  priceless  family  relics  (the 
heirlooms  of  six  generations),  his  carefully  selected  library,  unusually 
rich  in  Art,  Literature,  Music  and  Presbyterian  History.  The  work- 
man has  lost  his  tools,  many  of  which  can  never  be  duplicated.  Yet 
we  pray  and  believe  that,  under  God,  there  may  yet  be  in  store  for  him 
a  larger  and  better  work  than  ever  before."' 

Dr.  Jenkins  brings  to  the  accomplishment  of  his  work  a  remark- 
ably large  equipment.  Graduating  from  Hamilton  College  and  Union 
Theological  Seminary  in  the  days  of  their  most  noted  professors,  he 
rounded  out  his  education  by  travel  and  study  abroad  and  in  all  parts 
of  the  home  land.  An  enthusiastic  student  of  histor}^,  he  is  equally 
fond  of  science  and  art.  A  descendant  of  Pilgrim,  Huguenot  and 
Revolutionary  sires,  he  is  also  the  proud  wearer  of  a  G.  A.  R.  button. 
Not  apparently  robust  in  body,  he  is  a  devotee  of  outdoor  sport,  es- 
pecially with  dog  and  gun.  Without  having  lost  from  hi^  puljnt  a 
Sabhath  for  over  a  quarter  of  a  centurv  on  accoimt  of  illness  (and  but 
rarely  for  any  other  cause),  he  has  yet  found  time  to  write  regularly 
and  in  great  amount  for  the  religious  and  the  secular  press,  and  that 
too  upon  a  great  variety  of  themes.  Clear,  forceful,  brilliant  and  epi- 
■grammatic  with  his  pen,  he  is  always  extempore  in  manner  and  pol- 
ished in  pulpit  delivery.  Attractive  in  the  pulpit,  frequent  in  visita- 
tion, genial  in  conversation,  he  is  perhaps  most  helpful  in  the  meet- 
ings for  social  prayer.  Though  often  sought  after  by  Boards.  Col- 
leges and  the  Press,  he  has  wisely  preferred  to  remain  in  the  pulpit. 
His  removal  from  this  Presbytery  leaves  a  vacancy  which  no  one  else 
will  ever  exactlv  fill.. 


AMASA  JONES. 

This  devoted  pioneer  Missionary  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church  in  this  State.  His  life  here  covered  the  entire 
period  from  the  establishment  of  the  first  Mission  station  in  the  bounds 
of  the  present  Presbytery  of  Kansas  City  down  to  the  Reunion  of  the 
Old  and  New  School  Churches  that  were  not  divided  till  many  years 
after  he  began  to  work  here.  His  was  the  longest  continuous  service 
ever  given  by  any  Minister  of  this  Presbytery  to  work  within  its  bounds 
— he  was  forty-nine  years  a  Missionary  (the  first  fifteen  of  those  \ 
Foreign  Missionary)  in  the  same  ffcneral  field.  His  assoriate.  Dr. 
Requa,  lived  a  few  years  longer,  and  died  a  member  of  this  Presbytery, 
hut  part  of  his  service  had  been  in  other  Missions  in  Kansas  and  the 
Indian  Territory. 

A  manuscript  life  of  Dr.  Jones,  under  the  title  "Toiling  for 
Jesus:  Incidents  in  the  Life  of  the  Rev.  .Anmsa  Jone-.  for  nmnv  vears 


AMASA  JONES.  177 

a  Missionary  to  ihv  usage  Indiiias"  was  prepared  by  his  sislcr,  but 
never  published.  It  deals  almost  exclusively  with  his  private  corres- 
pondence, and  shows  more  clearly  than  any  words  of  another  could 
do  the  beautiful  and  consistent  Christian  eliaracter  of  the  man  and 
his  intense  longing  for  souls,  xsever  has  the  writer  of  this  sketch 
read  a  correspondencL'  covering  a  period  of  years  (even  much  shorter 
than  that  covered  by  the^e  letters)  where  devotion  to  the  Master  seemed 
more  genuine  and  consuming.  It  bore  fruit  to  the  glory  of  the  Mas- 
ter at  every  period  of  his  life. 

Amasa  Jones,  th.-^  son  of  a  Eevolutionary  father,  was  born  in 
Kindge,  N.  H.,  Apr.  2S,  1796,  the  sixth  of  a  family  of  twelve  children. 
Carefully  trained  in  a  Christian  home,  his  life  there  was  one  of  early 
piety  and  extreme  conscientiousness  in  little  things,  lie  was  spec- 
ially fond  of  Christian  biogiaphy.  He  united  with  the  church  at  the 
age  of  fifteen,  and  at  once  began  a  work  to  interest  others  in  his  Sav- 
ior. He  began  by  leading  his  own  younger  brother  to  Christ.  At  least 
twelve  others  of  his  companions  were  soon  brought  to  Jesus  by  his 
efforts.  In  1812  he  was  apprenticed  to  a  shoemaker  in  Weston,  Mass., 
where  he  soon  became  known  as  an  earnest  Christian,  leading  first  his 
shopmates  and  then  others  to  Christ,  distributing  tracts,  establishing 
prayer  meetings  and  making  his  intluence  widely  felt  for 
good.  .  When  he  l)eeame  a  Journeyman,  he  had  hopes  of  getting  an  ed- 
ucation that  would  fit  him  for  the  Gospel  ministry.  But  disappoint- 
ments followed  and  he  was  unable  to  get  a  support  except  by  his  daily 
toil  at  the  bench.  He  opened  a  shop  at  Schagticoke  Point,  X.  Y., 
where  he  found  religion  at  a  low  ebb,  the  only  church  in  the  village 
being  abandoned  and  fast  going  into  unregretted  decay.  Only  two 
persons  in  town  were  discovered  that  had  ever  been  known  as  Chris- 
tians. He  took  it  upon  himself  to  appoint  a  meeting  for  the  purpose 
of  consultation  on  the  religious  state  of  the  community.  Out  of  that 
meeting  grew  an  immediate  effort  to  obtain  stated  preaching.  Soon 
there  came  a  revival  and  the  establishment  of  two  good  churches,  a 
Presbyterian  and  a  Methodist,  both  of  them  long  efficient  in  their  ap- 
propriate work.     That  was  in  1817. 

From  there  he  went  to  Woodstock,  V^t.,  where  he  had  an  oppor- 
tunity to  teach  school  and  at  the  same  time  receive  instruction  from 
the  Pastor  of  the  ( hurch.  There  again  he  was  the  chief  instrument 
in  the  promotion  of  a  revival  resulting  in  the  conversion  of  over  forty 
persons,  many  of  his  pupils  among  them.  Other  districts  near  bv 
were  similarly  blessed.  A  Pastor  wrote  of  him  then :  ^'Wherever 
Mr.  Jones  has  labored  with  us,  his  efforts  have  been  attended  with 
marked  indications  of  God's  favor,  and  more  or  less  have  been  awak- 
ened to  their  perilous  condition  out  of  Christ.  The  effort  in  a  dis- 
trict outside  the  village,  proverbial  for  the  dissemination  of  error, 
was  much  l)lessed,  after  every  previous  attempt  by  us  had  proved  ino'"- 
foctiuil.  Mr.  Jones  seemed  to  possess  in  a  good  degree  the  qualifica- 
tions which  (Mninently  fitted  him  for  laboring  among  the  destitute,  an! 


178  SKETCHES  OF  MINISTERS. 

exerting  a  salutary  iutiiience  on  the  hearts  of  those  hardened  under 
long  transgressions." 

In  the  fall  of  1820^  after  a  brief  visit  to  the  old  home,  which  he 
had  been  unable  to  visit  since  starting  out  eight  years  before  to  become 
an  apprentice,  he  entered  Andover  Theological  Seminary,  his  classical 
studies  having  been  privately  but  so  thoroughly  pursued,  under  the 
Pastor  mentioned,  that  he  was  able  to  take  advanced  standing  in  the 
Seminary,  and  to  complete  the  course  with  honor  the  next  year. 

Feb.  21,  1821,  he  married  Miss  Eoxana  Stearns,  of  Ashburnham, 
Mass.,  a  thoroughly  kindred  spirit,  and  started  almost  at  once  for  New 
York  City,  where  they  joined  a  eomjDany  of  those  that,  like  themselves, 
were  under  commission  by  the  United  Foreign  Missionary  Society  to 
to  establish  a  Mission  among  the  Osage  Indians  in  Missouri.  The 
company  arrived  at  the  site  chosen  for  their  new  Mission  Sept.  1,  1821. 
This  work  was  transferred  to  the  care  of  the  A.  B.  C.  F.  M.  in  1826. 
Mr.  Jones  was  the  Mission  teacher.  But  his  work  was  by  no  means 
confined  to  the  schoolroom.  The  February  following  his  arrival  he 
wrote :  'T  have  established  three  preaching-places,  and  devote  my 
time  on  the  Sabbath  exclusively  to  them.  During  the  week  I  am  en- 
gaged in  teaching  our  school,  and  various  duties  belonging  to  me  in 
our  work.  Every  moment  is  crowded  with  labor.  0  that  it  may  tell 
for  Eternity !     Pray  for  us  that  we  shall  not  labor  in  vain." 

Not  long  after  the  beginning  of  the  Mission,  the  physician,  Dr. 
W.  N.  Belcher,  had  to  leave.  Foreseeing  this,  he  advised  Mr.  Jones 
to  study  medicine  with  him,  so  as  to  be  able  to  take  his  place.  This 
was  done,  and  so  successfully  that  Mr.  Jones  soon  became  a  skilful 
physician.  But  all  the  while  the  other  duties  were  kept  up,  particu- 
larly the  preaching  services.  His  efforts  gradually  began  to  tell,  es- 
pecially upon  the  pupils  in  his  school,  many  of  whom,  both  boys  and 
girls,  became  regular  and  earnest  in  prayer.  But  at  last,  as  told  else- 
where, the  Government  removed  the  Indians,  and  the  Mission  had  to 
be  abandoned.  Dr.  Jones  was  then  commissioned  by  the  A.  H.  M.  S., 
and  devoted  himself  more  fully  to  the  work  of  the  pulpit.  In  October 
1836  he  removed  to  the  mouth  of  the  Sac  River,  the  present  site  of 
Osceola,  making  that  the  center  of  his  missionary  operations  until 
1838,  when  he  purchased  the  site  where  he  built  the  home  in  which 
he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  days,  at  "Deepwater."  in  "Rives  County," 
about  fifteen  miles  southwest  of  Clinton,  near  the  present  town  of 
Montrose. 

At  Deepwater  a  gracious  revival  occurred  in  1843.  at  whica  old 
and  young,  "hopeless  cases"  and  infidels,  all  classes  were  reached.  That 
year  he  reported  to  the  A.  H.  M.  S.  twentv-six  added  on  examination 
and  fourteen  l)y  letter.  When  we  remember  how  sp'irse  were  the  set- 
tlements at  that  time,  this  was  a  large  accession.  Of  liis  work  about 
that  time  he  wrote  home:  "Ordinarily  it  requires  me  to  travel  180 
miles  during  each  three  weeks  of  my  labor — often  much  more,  in  a'd- 
dition  to  a  vast  amount  of  other  missionary  labor.  This  mu^t  be  done 
at  all  seasons,  in  all  weathers.  *  *  *  and  that  on  horseback,  often  with- 


AMASA  JONES.  179 

out  a  path  even  to  mark  my  way.  These  are  but  common  occurrences 
to  the  Western  Missionary;  but  the  joy  of  bearing  the  glad  tidings 
ol"  salvation  to  the  destitute  surpasses  all.  To  raise  up  churches,  to 
estabhsli  schools,  to  plant  the  banner  ol  the  cross  everywhere  is  my 
dear  delight.  And,  sister,  such  a  reward  lor  unceasing  toil  to  hear 
on  every  hand  the  earnest  inquiry  'What  shall  1  do  to  be  saved?'  " 
Such  arduous  labor  naturally  overtaxed  his  strength  and  broke  him 
down  prematurely ;  yet,  on  hearing  oi  the  death  ol  his  mother  in  18-15, 
he  wrote:  "For  mysell,  I  feel  the  weight  of  years  creeping  over  me, 
and  my  sun  must  set  ere  long.  I  have  been  as  usual  iully  absorbed 
in  labor,  and  cannot  do  otherwise,  while  .1  have  strength  to  ride  and 
preach.  The  calls  are  so  numerous  and  pressing  I  cannot  resist  them. 
Souls  are  perishing  lor  lack  ol  the  (Jospel.  Woe  is  unto  me,  if  I  carry 
not  the  glad  tidings  of  salvation  while  my  strength  lasts!"  At  an 
other  time  he  wrote:  *'There  is  unspeakable  pleasure  in  wearing  out 
in  the  cause  of  Christ !  In  His  service  I  hope  to  exhaust  all  my  ener- 
gies while  lile  lasts." 

Dr.  Jones  was  regarded  as  a  very  successful  physician.  From 
his  practice  he  received  in  the  later  years  of  his  life  nearly  all  his 
support.  In  1857  he  wrote:  "It  is  exceedingly  difficult  to  collect  the 
smallest  sum  for  any  benevolent  object.  The  most  that  a  Minister 
may  expect  is  a  night's  lodging  and  a  horse  fed.  I  have  spent  a  large 
portion  of  eight  years  past  in  preaching  to  the  destitute  settlements 
in  this  vicinity,  and  all  that  I  have  ever  received  from  the  people  is 
$29 — and  >^25  of  that  was  given  by  one  individual.  Even  marriages 
arc  often  solemnized  without  any  offer  of  compensation.  This  ought, 
however,  to  be  imputed  more  to  the  custom  of  the  country  than  to  the 
state  of  feeling.  In  this  section  of  the  country  it  would  be  a  deathblow 
to  a  Minister's  usefulness  to  have  it  known  that  he  received  a  salary 
(though  ever  so  small)  from  the  people.  When  we  take  these  things 
into  view  it  is  hardlv  a  matter  of  surprise  that  we  find  so  few  prosper- 
ous churches." 

As  might  have  been  supposed  from  Dr.  Jones'  New  England  ante- 
cedents, he  was  much  interested  in  the  slaves  whom  he  found  in  Mis- 
souri. In  one  of  his  reports  he  says :  "At  Osceola  I  have  held  three 
or  four  meetings  expressly  for  the  benefit  of  the  colored  people.  At 
my  last  meeting  with  them,  ten  came  forward  and  gave  very  good  evi- 
dence that  they  were  seeking  the  Lord  in  earnest.  Indeed,  I  have  good 
reason  to  believe  that  most  of  thein  are  alreadv  born  into  the  King- 
dom. At  my  next  meeting  T  intend  to  form  them  into  a  cla-ss.  with 
reference  to  their  uniiing  with  the  church.'' 

How  many  churches  Dr.  Jones  organized,  and  how  many  church 
buildings  he  erected,  are  not  now  known  to  the  writer.  At  one  time 
he  reports:  '^e  have  begun  to  build  a  losr  meetin<T-house,  which,  if 
once  completed,  will  add  much  to  our  comfort,  and  something  to  the 
size  of  the  congregation.  We  have  been  compellerl  thu>5  far  to  hold 
our  meetings  in  private  dwellings,  which  at  best  can  atTord  but  poor 
accommodations."     In  18.5fi  he  wrote  the  frienrls  at  home:     'T"  am 


180  SKETCHES  OF  MINISTERS. 

now  making  arrangements  to  build  a  clmrch  ior  my  beloved  people  at 
Deepwater,  which  i  am  exceedingly  desirous  to  see  accomplished  before 
I  die.  For  want  of  funds,  we  have  hitherto  been  unable  to  build;  and 
my  people  are  unable  still  to  meet  the  expense,  although  I  have  reason 
to  hope  for  something  in  this  quarter  before  the  work  is  completed. 
The  responsibility  of  the  expenses  incurred  will  devolve  alone  on  my- 
self, from  which  1  hope  to  free  myself  from  debt  by  the  little  fund 
I  have  been  saving,  gained  in  the  practice  of  medicine.  This,  how- 
ever, is  insufficient  to  meet  all  the  demand ;  yet  I  hope,  by  God^s  bless- 
ing, to  save  something  more  the  present  year,  which,  with  what  my 
people  may  raise,  shall  supply  our  need."  The  building  thus  erected 
was  put  up  largely  by  the  labor  of  Dr.  Jones'  own  hands.  It  was  built 
on  his  own  farm,  mainly  of  adobe  bricks,  plastered  on  the  outside.  It 
was  the  first  church  building  erected  in  the  western  part  of  Henry 
county,  and  probably  the  first  building  in  the  county  erected  for  church 
purposes  exclusively.  Of  it  he  wrote :  "Our  house,  aside  from  what 
has  been  given  us,  will  cost  but  six  or  seven  hundred  dollars.  Sixty 
of  the  sum  has  alreadv  been  raised.  The  rest  I  shall  remit  from  my 
savings."  This  building  was  satisfactorily  completed  and  used  for 
about  twenty  years,  until,  after  the  coming  of  the  railroad  to  Mon- 
trose a  few  miles  away,  the  old  Deepwater  (or  Clermantown)  church 
was  finally  dissolved,  and  the  building  went  to  decay. 

When  the  troubles  came  on,  late  in  the  fifties,  by  which  the  Xew 
School  denomination  in  this  State  was  nearly  wiped  out,  he  turned 
reluctantly  away  from  the  denomination  in  which  he  had  labored  so 
long  and  sought  a  home  in  the  Old  School  Church.  His  church  went 
with  him  into  the  Presbytery  of  Lafayette  in  1859.  At  the  close  of 
the  War,  they  were  within  the  bounds  of  the  Presbytery  of  Southwest 
Missouri,  where  they  remained  until  the  Reunion.  For  that  event 
he  longed  and  prayed.  At  his  invitation  the  meetings  of  the  Presby- 
teries of  Southwest  Missouri  and  Osage  were  held  simultaneously  in 
the  old  adobe  church  at  Germantown  in  the  spring  of  1870,  at  which 
time  the  final  steps  toward  the  Reunion  were  taken.  He  had  longed 
to  be  present  on  that  occasion.  The  meeting  came,  but  he  was  too 
feeble  to  attend.  But  he  heard  of  the  unanimous  vote  for  Reunion, 
and  joined  heartily  in  spirit,  if  not  in  voice,  with  the  brethren  that 
sang  "Blest  be  the  tie  that  binds."  When  the  Presbyteries  had  ad- 
journed and  remained  only  for  the  Sabbath  Communion  service,  he 
peacefully  passed  Home.  Both  Presbyteries  attenrlefl  the  funeral  serv- 
ices the  next  day,  conducted  by  the  two  Moderators.  One  of  them 
said  that  when  he  had  visited  their  venerable  father,  four  years  before, 
'*^the  deceased  had  three  desjres  which  be  Inuo-c^d  to  see  accompl'shed. 
The  first  was  to  see  this  church  he  had  founded  sfreatly  strengthened 
in  the  Christian  work.  He  had  lived  to  see  that  desire  gratified  fn  an 
unusual  extent.  The  second  was  that  every  one  of  his  o-randchildven 
might  be  converted  and  come  info  covenant  with  the  people  of  God. 
This  too  was  gfranted  him  r  for  while  he  lav  there  the  evening  preceding 
his  dnnth.  ihe  vonnirest  and  Insl  one  of  Ihe  fold  had  been  gathered  in. 


AMASA  JONElS.  181 

The  third  was  to  see  both  branches  oi  Presbyterians  united  in  one  com- 
mon bond,  and  he  himseli;  had  sung  at  the  conclusion  oi'  this  act,  'Blest 
be  the  tie  that  binds/  "'  All  there  thought  of  the  words  of  the  aged 
Simeon,  words  which  indeed  Dr.  Jones  himself  had  thought  of  and 
used  on  his  dying  day.  "Lord,  now  lettest  Thou  Thy  servant  depart  in 
peace,  *  *  *  for  mine  eyes  have  seen  Thy  salvation.'^ 

Dr.  Jones  was  a  remarkable  man  in  a  great  variety  of  ways. 
Though  not,  so  far  as  we  know,  given  to  writing  verses  himself,  he  was 
a  great  lover  of  religious  poetry.  Almost  every  letter  contains  one 
or  more  quotations  or  fragments  of  pious  song,  appropriately  setting 
forth  his  experiences  and  aspirations.  He  was  a  skilled  mechanic,  not 
merely  in  the  trade  he  learned  in  youth,  but  in  cabinet-making  and 
carpentry  as  well.  Though  never  trained  in  the  schools,  he  was  a  good 
scholar,  a  beloved  physician,  a  deep  theologian,  a  good  preacher. 
Though  for  nearly  fifty  years  an  exile  on  the  frontier,  he  was  well 
posted  on  the  progress  of  mankind,  especially  of  the  Church.  Though 
poor  in  this  world's  goods,  he  was  a  liberal  giver,  an  unselfish  worker, 
a  persistent  Missionarv.  The  record  of  his  life  can  never  be  fully  read 
on  earth ;  but  even  a  fragmentary  statement  of  wliat  he  did,  and  why 
and  how  he  did  it,  ought  to  make  every  reader  a  better  Christian,  a 
more  earnest  worker. 


CHARLES  COTTONS  KIMBALL. 

The  fourth  in  the  succession  of  Pastors  of  the  Second  church  of 
Kansas  City  was  the  Rev.  C.  C.  Kimball,  D.D.,  one  of  the  most  schol- 
arlv  men  that  have  filled  its  pulpit.  After  graduating  with  the  high- 
est honors  from  Beloit  College,  and  completing  the  full  course  at  Union 
Theological  Seminary,  he  spent  years  in  study  and  evangelical  work 
and  traveled  abroad  before  entering  upon  the  full  work  of  the  pastor- 
ate in  Erie,  Pa.  There  he  was  Pastor  of  the  First  church  for  four 
years  and  then  of  the  Central  church  for  seven  years  before  coming  to 
Kansas  City.  He  was  in  this  charge  about  two  and  a  half  years,  dur- 
ing the  period  when  the  city  was  growing  very  rapidly  and  fast  as- 
suming the  metropolitan  position  it  now  holds.  He  was  a  vigorous 
thinker  of  decidedly  original  character,  an  epigrammatic  writer  with 
a  fresh  way  of  putting  things,  a  brilliant  word  painter,  adorning  and 
enforcing  his  sermons  with  vivid  illustrations  of  vast  variety — "a  man 
of  learning  and  ability,  dignified,  earnest,  able  to  discuss  the  higher 
themes  of  theology  with  clearness,  while  he  greatly  excelled  in  descrip- 
tive power."  During  his  stay  the  church  grew  rapidly,  crowding  the 
downtown  house  of  worship  to  the  doors.  A  new  building  was  de- 
cided upon  and  work  begun  upon  the  building  at  the  corner  of  13th 
and  Central  streets  (which  was  burned  Apr.  4,  1900).  It  was  then 
thought  far  out,  in  a  strictly  residence  portion  of  the  city. 

When  it  dissolved  the  pastoral  relation,  to  take  effect  the  30th  of 
November.  1881.  the  Presbytery  expressed  "profound  sorrow  at  the 


182  SKETCHES  OF  MINISTERS. 

prospect  of  this  separation"  as  well  as  bore  '"testimony  to  the  high 
Christian  character  of  Dr.  Kimball,  to  his  ability  as  an  expounder  of 
God's  Word,  and  the  success  which  has  attended  him  during  his  pas- 
torate in  the  midst  of  great  difficulties." 


JAMES  THOMAS  LAPSLEY. 

The  first  twenty-five  years  of  the  ministry  of  Dr.  Lapslev  were 
spent  within  the  bounds  of  the  Presbyteries  of  Transylvania  and  Eben- 
ezer.  These  two  Presbyteries  have  probably  furnished  more  ministers 
and  members  to  the  churches  in  this  part  of  Missouri  than  any  other 
two  in  the  denomination.  After  supplying  the  churches  of  Kjiob 
ISToster  and  Warrensburg  for  a  year  or  more,  1856-7,  Dr.  Lapsley  was 
called  to  the  church  of  Pleasant  Hill,  where  he  remained  (though  not 
installed)  until  April,  1860.  Of  this  period  he  writes :  '"My  minis- 
try in  Pleasant  Hill  church,  Mo.,  of  over  two  years,  was  very  pleasant 
and  successful.  Began  work  there  in  fall  of  1858.  Number  of  mem- 
bers on  church  roll,  seventy-five,  with  five  Elders  and  three  Deacons. 
During  the  year  forty  additions  by  profession.  Next  year  (fall  of 
1859)  a  very  gracious  revival,  resulting  in  sixty  additions,  of  whom 
forty  were  males.  Being  called  to  pastorate  of  the  New  and  Old 
School  churches  of  New  Providence,  Ky.,  uniting  into  one  church,  I 
accepted  same  and  returned  to  Kentucky,  April  1860;  and  left  the 
Pleasant  Hill  church  wr  175  on  church  roll.  Revisited  Pleasant 
Hill  in  the  spring  of  1865,  or  near  the  close  of  the  Civil  War,  and 
found  only  six  families  of  Presbyterians,  and  twenty  members  in  reach 
of  church.  Later  on,  or  in  fall  of  1865,  I  learned  as  many  as  fifty  or 
sixty  members  were  again  in  Pleasant  Hill  and  vicinity.  While  I 
served  Pleasant  Hill  church,  the  town  of  Pleasant  Hill  had  about  800 
population,  and  Kansas  City  about  3,000  and  Westport,  two  or  three 
miles  away,  about  2,500  people."  During  the  period  just  after  the 
Reunion,  Dr.  Lapsley  again  supplied  the  Pleasant  Hill  church, 
1870-72. 

Dr.  Lapsley  is  still  (1900)  preaching  in  Kentucky.  A  letter  re- 
ceived from  him  in  the  fall  of  1900  gives  a  delightful  picture  of  a 
green  and  fruitful  old  age.  "I  am  now  in  my  82d  year,  in  good  health, 
and  retain  all  my  powers  remarkably  well.  Preach  regularly  first  and 
third  Sabbath  of  each  month  to  small  churches,  one  thirty,  the  other 
forty  miles  away.  If  I  live  till  October  9.  1900,  T  will  have  been 
preaching  fifty-nine  years.  My  voice  is  as  strong  as  thirty  years  ago. 
Am  the  oldest  Presbyterian  ministor  in  Kentuckv  ihoun-h  some  are 
older  in  years.  Have,  during  my  ministry,  had  not  less  than  seventy- 
fiv(;  rcviv.'l  ,=oasons  of  more  or  less  extent,  and  resulting  in  hope  con- 
versions of  ten  to  one  hundred  persons  at  various  points,  and  aggre- 
gating, as  far  as  human  observation  can  determine,  from  2,000  to 
2,500  persons.  It  has  been  mv  good  fortune  to  be  a  member  of  the 
General  Assemblv  in  1846,  1855,  1864.  1874,  1880,  1891  and  1899— 


J.  T.  LAPSLEY.  183 

seven  Assemblies;  and  on  the  Committee  on  the  Briggs  case  at  Detroit 
in  '91,  and  McGifl'ert  case  in  "98.  I  hope  we  are  done  with  such 
troubles  for  years  to  come/' 


ROBERT  L.  McAFEE. 

Of  the  founder  of  the  Jefferson  City  church  the  only  biographical 
data  secured  are  found  in  a  letter  from  himself  to  the  Rev.  Timothy 
Hill,  dated  April  o,  185G,  in  which  he  says :  "'1  am  a  native  of  Mercer 
county,  Ky.,  born  May  29,  1802.  Took  my  literary  course  partly  in 
a  Latin  school  taught  in  the  neighborhood  where  I  was  born,  aud  partly 
at  Center  College,  Danville,  Ky.  Studied  Theology  under  Dr.  Thos. 
Cleland,  Pastor  of  the  united  churches  of  Harrodsburg  and  New  Prov- 
idence. 1  never  attended  a  Theological  Seminary.  I  was  licensed 
to  preach  the  Cospel  by  Transylvania  Presbytery,  March,  1829,  and 
came  on  a  missionary  tour  to  Missouri  in  May  following.  Having 
previous  to  my  leaving  for  Missouri  applied  to  the  Board  of  Missions 
of  the  General  Assembly  for  a  commission  and  pay  as  an  Evangelist, 
when  I  reached  Columbia,  Mo.,  I  found  a  commission  from  the  Assem- 
bly's Board,  but  allowing  me,  as  was  their  custom  then,  only  $100  for 
a  year's  services,  leaving  me  to  collect  from  the  people  among  whom 
I  missionated  the  balance  of  what  I  might  need.  The  brethren  who 
were  here  laboring  and  had  been  laboring  some  among  the  vacant 
churches  in  this  State  told  me  what  I  afterwards  found  to  be  trae, 
viz. :  that  I  would  be  able  to  get  very  little  from  the  people  among 
whom  I  might  labor  for  some  time  to  come.  And  my  means  being 
very  limited,  I,  for  that  reason  alone,  returned  the  commission  sent  me 
by  the  Assembly's  Board;  and  through  Bro.  Cochran  applied  to  the 
Home  Missionary  Society  for  a  commission  granting  me  full  pay,  $400 
per  year,  which  they  granted,  dating  my  commission,  I  think,  about 
the  first  of  May  or  June,  1829.  I  itinerated  that  summer,  visiting 
different  parts  of  the  State  and  vacant  churches.  In  autumn  I  sus- 
pended my  missionary  work,  and  spent  the  winter  in  Kentucky,  and 
returning  to  this  State  in  June.  1S30,  I  took  charge  as  Stated  Supply 
of  the  churches  of  Round  Prairie  and  Millersburg,  the  churches  being 
twelve  miles  apart.  Both  these  churches  were  newly  organized,  I  be- 
lieve, by  Rev.  Wm.  P.  Cochran,  and  both  very  feeble.  With  these  two 
churches  I  continued  and  labored  during  my  connection  with  the  Home 
Missionary  Society.  T  was  under  the  pay  of  the  Home  Missionary  So- 
ciety four  years.  I  believe,  receiving  $400  the  first  year,  $300  the  sec- 
ond year  and  $200  each  the  last  two  years.  [What  would  some  of  our 
Home  Missionaries  think  of  such  meager  salaries  now,  and  of  such 
heroic  cutting  .^"]  At  the  close  of  the  fourth  year,  the  churches  to  which 
T  preachofl  having  inci-easod  some  in  strength  and  numbers,  T  deter- 
mined in  the  exercise  of  faith  to  cast  myself  upon  Go(\  and  the  churches 
to  whom  T  ministered  for  my  snpport,  thanked  the  Home  Missionary 
Society  for  past  favors  and  closed  my  connection  with  them,  praying 


184  SKETCHES  OF  MINISTERS. 

the  great  Head  of  tlie  Church  to  bless  and  prosper  ihem  in  their  noble 
work.  1  continued  to  preach  to  both  the  Millersburg  and  Round 
Prairie  churches  lor  some  three  or  four  years.  In  the  meantime  I 
organized  the  Presbyterian  church  in  Jefferson  City,  1  think  in  1835, 
and  after  my  connection  with  the  Home  Missionary  Society  closed 
my  time  was  divided  for  a  year  or  two  equally  between  the  three 
churches,  after  which  I  gave  up  the  Millers  burg  church,  and  divided 
my  time  pretty  much  between  the  Round  Prairie  and  Jeiferson  City 
churches,  with  some  intermission  in  the  latter  church,  until  the  sum- 
mer of  18-16,  when  from  disease  of  the  throat  I  had  to  give  up  preach- 
ing altogether  for  several  years.  *  *  *  The  church  at  Jefferson  City 
has  passed  through  sunshine  and  shade  at  various  times,  and  has  now, 
I  am  told,  a  prospect  of  doing  well.  *  *  *  For  several  years  after  I 
came  to  the  State,  most  of  all  the  ministers  here,  so  far  as  I  know  or 
now  recollect,  I  mean  Presbyterian  ministers,  were  in  connection  with 
the  Home  Missionary  Society,  and  all  the  older  churches  were  organ- 
ized by  them,  many  of  which  have  since  become  extinct." 


IRWIN  POUNDS  McCURDY. 

When  Dr.  McCurdy  took  charge  of  the  Fifth  church,  Kansas  City, 
it  was  greatly  discouraged  by  debt  and  other  circumstances  that  had 
led  to  the  resignation  of  Dr.  Bruce  a  few  months  before.  The  vigor, 
energy  and  ability  with  which  he  then  took  hold  of  this  difficult  work 
bore  immediate  fruit  in  the  revival  of  interest  on  the  part  of  those 
that  remained  and  in  the  addition  of  nearly  one  hundred  members  in 
the  first  six  months  of  his  pastorate.  Though  in  the  city  but  a  little 
over  two  years,  he  tooK  high  rank  among  its  leading  clergymen,  in  the 
Presbyterian  Alliance  and  in  the  Presbytery,  being  frequently  called 
upon  to  address  prominent  gatherings.  He  was  not  a  member  of  secret 
societies,  but  emphatically  a  "joiner"  when  it  came  to  patriotic  and 
hereditary  societies,  of  which  he  belonged  to  the  Society  of  Mayflower 
Descendants,  the  Sons  of  the  Revolution  (on  twelve  counts,  possibly 
the  largest  number  ever  proved  up  on  by  one  individual),  the  Society 
of  the  War  of  1812,  the  Society  of  Colonial  Wars,  and  several  others. 
His  literary  record  and  pastoral  work  are  thus  related  in  the  genealogy 
of  the  Dotv— Doten  Family,  p.  473 : 

"He  graduated  at  Indiana,  Pa.,  State  Normal  School,  1876,  with 
the  highest  honors  of  his  class;  graduated  A.B.  at  Lafayette  College, 
receiving  the  Fowler  prize,  the  highest  honor  in  the  College:  graduate 
student  with  Prof.  F.  A.  March,  and  received  Litt.D.  from  Lafavette 
1890;  graduate  student  at  Princeton,  completing  three  courses  with 
Pree.  McCosh.  who  certified :  'He  showed  superior  philosophic  abil- 
ity' :  has  received  thirteen  different  degrees,  all  by  examination,  ex- 
cept D.D.  honorary,  eidit  being  the  Doctor's  degree.  Received  thcolotr- 
ioal  education  at  Princeton.  Pastor  Presbyterian  church,  Frederick 
Citv.  Md..  1881-4;  Southwestern  Presbyterian  church,  Philadelphia, 


I.  p.  McCURDY.  185 

1884-95,  and  Honorary  Pastor  for  life  from  June  1895;  P.  E.,  St. 
Andrew's  Presbyterian  church,  Boston,  Mass.,  189G;  delegate  to  Pan 
Presbyterian  Council,  London,  1888;  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
Board  of  Education  since  1887;  chairman  of  Board  of  Managers  of 
Evangelical  Alliance,  Philadelphia,  1889-94;  etc." 

JAMES  ALEXANDER  PORTER  McGAW. 

IJ^D  ma'n  that  has  passed  in  and  out  of  the  Presbytery  of  Kansas 
City  in  recent  years  has  stood  higher  in  the  esteem  of  his  brethren  in 
the  ministry  or  of  the  churches  than  Dr.  McGaw.  His  coming  was 
welcomed,  his  departure  much  regretted.  He  had  tilled  the  positions 
of  Moderator  of  the  Presbytery  and  Chairman  of  its  Committee  on 
Foreign  Missions,  as  well  as  of  several  special  Committees,  much  to 
the  satisfaction  of  all.  He  was  one  of  the  first  to  occupy  the  chair  as 
President  of  the  Presbyterian  Alliance  of  Kansas  City,  and  was  a 
strong  promoter  of  its  etficiency.  He  made  his  influence  widely  felt, 
though  occupying  a  suburban  pulpit,  one  of  the  most  difficult  in  the 
city.  When  he  left  the  city,  the  Alliance  declared  him  "kind  in  spirit, 
broad  in  charity,  and  true  to  the  Gospel  of  Christ,  *  *  *  constantly 
co-operating  with  his  fellow  Pastors  in  all  that  pertains  to  the  welfare 
of  the  church,  *  *  *  a  Christian  brother  of  much  ability  and  blameless 
character,  whose  departure  from  us  we  sincerely  regret." 

It  has  not  always  been  the  custom  of  the  Presbytery  to  pass  reso- 
lutions on  the  departure  of  brethren,  even  of  prominence ;  but  on  the 
departure  of  Dr.  McGaw,  it  placed  on  record  these  facts:  "He  has 
diligently  and  efficiently  met  the  demands  upon  him  during  his  pas- 
torate. A  Christian  gentleman  ;  an  earnest,  able,  evangelical  pri^achcr ; 
a  sound  and  experienced  Presbyterian ;  an  excellent  Pastor,  tactful  and 
courageous  in  the  discharge  of  his  duty;  he  has  endeared  himself  to 
us,  won  the  esteem  of  the  clergy  of  other  denominations  and  of  the 
community  at  large.  We  desire  to  express  our  high  respect  for  and 
warm  attachment  to  him  as  a  man  and  as  a  Minister." 

The  estimate  of  him  in  ISTevin  is  eminently  appropriate:  "Dr. 
McGaw  is  a  substantial  man,  physically,  intellectually  and  spiritually. 
As  a  preacher  he  is  earnest  and  clear  and  instructive  and  evangelical. 
Being  a  man  of  much  kindness  and  readiness  and  strength  of  judgment, 
and  of  courage  to  urge  his  convictions,  he  is  useful  and  influential  as 
a  Pastor.     Tn  his  ministry  he  has  been  acceptable  and  useful." 

ROLLIN"  RUTHVEN  MARQUIS. 

In  the  seven  years  he  spent  in  this  Presbytery,  no  man  was  more 
constantly  on  its  Committees,  both  Permanent  and  Special,  than  R.  R. 
Marquis.  He  was  early  elected  Moderator  of  Presbytery  and  Commis- 
sioner to  the  General  Assembly.  His  work  was  summarized  at  its 
close  in  the  following,  ]iroposed  by  Dr.  Hendy  and  adopted  by  the  Pres- 
bytery: "Our  esteemed  brother  has  labored  in  word  and  doctrine 
nnong  his  people  with   marked  success.     He  has  strengthened  the 

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186  SKETCHES  OF  MINISTERS. 

church  in  all  lines  of  work,  even  during  a  period  of  general  depression. 
He  has  strengthened  our  cause  to  a  marked  degree  in  the  entire  com- 
munity where  he  has  been  called  to  labor.  Presbytery  takes  special 
pleasure  in  testifying  that  they  have  found  in  Bro.  Marquis  a  well- 
trained  and  scholarly  co-laborer.  His  zeal  for  and  thorough  grasp  of 
all  the  great  fundamental  questions  of  our  Presbyterian  polity,  and  his 
tireless  labors,  especially  in  the  work  of  our  Church  for  Young  People, 
have  greatly  endeared  him  to  all  his  brethren  in  this  Presbytery." 


JOSEPH  MAYOU. 

The  materials  are  not  at  hand  for  as  extended  a  notice  as  we  would 
like  to  give  of  the  labors  of  the  Eev.  Jos.  Mayou,  a  man  of  the  widest 
experience  and  range  of  work.  Born  in  England,  educated  and  nat- 
uralized in  America,  laboring  with  unusual  success  for  over  thirteen 
years  in  India  in  the  Arcot  Mission  of  the  Reformed  (Dutch)  Church, 
for  five  years  "holding  a  place  of  forlorn  hope"  as  a  Home  Missionary 
of  the  same  denomination,  and  for  thirteen  years  thereafter  a  Home 
Missionary  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  Kansas,  he  came  to  this  Pres- 
bytery vigorous  and  energetic  in  the  work  he  loved.  He  supplied  the 
churches  of  Appleton  City  and  Montrose  for  about  two  years  and  those 
of  Greenwood  and  Centerview  for  one  year.  His  wife  was  meanwhile 
one  of  the  most  efficient  workers  in  the  Women's  Presbyterial  Mission- 
ary Society,  of  which  she  was  elected  President.  At  last,  however, 
when,  seeking  a  new  field, he  met  with  objections  on  account  of  his  atti- 
tude on  certain  questions  then  agitating  the  Church  at  large.  Sad  and 
sore  over  the  treatment  he  received,  he  withdrew  from  the  Presbyterian 
denomination,  and  entered  the  Episcopal  ministry.  His  brethren  of 
the  Presbytery  regretted  that  he  should  have  found  anything  in  the 
manner  of  their  criticism  to  induce  him  to  think  there  was  aught  but 
the  kindliest  feeling  toward  him  personally,  and  protested  that  no  such 
impression  was  intended.  His  own  feelings  are  sho\\Ti  in  a  note  to 
one  of  the  members  of  the  Committee  on  Presbyterial  History,  which 
we  give  without  comment: 

"I  thought  that  the  Presbyterian  Church  was  more  lil)oral 
than  the  Reformed ;  and  so  I  found  it,  till  the  Briggs  question  agi- 
tated the  Church.  Then  it  refused  to  reject  unreasonable  tenets,  and 
placed  upon  the  Clergyman  additional  dogma,  and  intimated  to  those 
who  disagreed  to  go  out  or  be  put  out.  I  chose  to  go  to  the  Church  of 
my  youth,  in  which  I  had  been  fully  religiously  educated ;  and  there 
I  can  find  rest  from  factious  animosity." 


WILLIAM  S.  MESMER. 

One  of  the  throe  Ministers  that  reorganized  the  Presbytery  of 
Osage  after  the  close  of  the  War  was  the  Rev.  W.  S.  Mesmer.     When 


W.  S.  MESMER.  187 

he  came  to  this  State  from  the  East,  it  was  said  of  him :  "Bro.  Mes- 
mer  has  been  three  years  in  the  Army,  and  has  learned  such  lesions  as 
will  stand  him  in  good  stead  in  the  field  he  has  undertaken  to  culti- 
vate." He  did  not  long  remain  within  the  present  bounds  of  this  Pres- 
bytery, most  of  his  labor  being  in  churches  now  in  the  bounds  of  the 
Presbytery  of  Ozark.  The  nature  of  the  man  and  of  his  arduous  work 
are  well  shown  in  the  letter  given  below,  written  by  him  Sept.  1,  1866 : 

"For  the  past  three  months  our  home  has  been  in  the  saddle,  and 
our  study  the  woods  and  prairies  of  Benton  and  Henry  counties. 
Availing  ourselves  of  the  privilege  granted  (that  of  prospecting  for 
ourselves)  we  have  presented  our  claim,  driven  our  first  stakes,  and 
settled  our  boundaries  for  the  year  ending  Sept.  1,  1867,  not  without 
earnest  prayer  that  the  Head  of  the  Church  would  'enlarge  the  place 
of  our  tent,  lengthen  our  cords,  and  strengthen  our  stakes.'  We  have 
now  two  organized  churches  under  the  care  of  your  Missionary,  in  this 
locality,  and  are  hopeful  of  adding  another  thereto  this  coming  winter. 
One  of  these,  the  Warsaw  church,  was  already  formed  at  our  coming. 
This  church  now  consists  of  ten  members,  three  of  whom  have  been 
added  within  the  last  three  months.  The  other,  the  Salem  church,  has 
been  organized  since  the  first  of  June.  We  have  a  membership  of 
eighteen,  with  a  reasonable  prospect  of  additions.  Our  ministerial 
labors  are  puFlicly  as  follows :  Warsaw,  morning  and  night,  the  sec- 
ond and  fourth  Sabbaths  of  each  month ;  no  mid-day  service  as  yet. 
The  Mondays  following,  preaching  at  Sunnyside  school-house,  ten 
miles  northwest  from  Warsaw.  The  first  and  third  Sabbaths  of  each 
month,  at  Salem  in  the  morning;  Belmont,  eight  and  one-half  miles 
distant  at  3  p.  m. ;  Calhoun,  nine  miles  distant,  at  7  p.  m.  Whenever 
a  fifth  Sabbath  occurs,  the  morning  service  is  at  Sunnvside.  th'^  evening 
at  Calhoun,  and  the  afternoon  as  the  exigencies  of  different  ]ilaces  re- 
quire. Arrangements  are  being  made  for  another  public  Monday  eve- 
ning service.  This  will  be  the  extent  of  our  public  ministrations  at 
present.  Two  weekly  social  services,  one  in  Salem  neijrhborhood,  the 
other  in  Belmont,  will  shortly  occupy  our  attention.  The  rest  of  the 
time  must  be  given  to  studv  and  meditation. 

"This  program  calls  for  fourteen  to  sixteen  public  services  and 
eight  social  services  ncr  month,  involving  at  least  300  miles  of  travel. 
Our  churches,  feeble  an'd  poor  as  they  are,  have  arranged  to  pav  one- 
half  of  our  salary  duringthe  ensuing  year.  The  membership  is  wil- 
ling, and  we  are  lookinsr  to  the  Lorrl  of  the  Harvest  for  copious  showers 
to  make  us  fruitfiil.  Our  post-ofTiee  address  is  Windsor,  Henry  cnuntv. 
Mo. ;  our  residence  is  in  Benton  county,  as  the  most  central  and  easy 
of  access  to  all  parts  of  our  station." 


GEORGE  MILLER. 

One  of  the  most  readable  and  graphic  little  volumes  ever  writ- 
ten with  reference  to  this  part  of  the  country  is  that  entitled ''Missouri's 


188  SKETCHES  OF  MINISTERS. 

Memorable  Decade/'  by  George  Miller.  It  is  especially  valuable  to 
anyone  that  wishes  to  understand  the  conditions  prevailing  in  the  part 
of  the  State  now  occupied  by  the  Presbytery  of  Kansas  City,  in  which 
Dr.  Miller  spent  that  memorable  decade  and  took  part  in  »omc  of  its 
most  stirring  events  in  Church  and  State.  Though  not  primarily  au- 
tobiographical, his  strong  personality  shines  out  all  through  the  book. 
He  wisely  did  not  attempt  to  omit  the  personal  pronoun  in  describing 
the  significant  scenes  and  occurrences  in  which  he  bore  a  manly  part. 
From  that  book,  and  largely  in  his  own  words  though  not  always  in 
formal  quotations,  this  sketch  has  been  prepared. 

Dr.  Miller's  great  grandfather,  Josiah  Miller,  came  from  County 
Antrim,  Ireland,  to  Chester  District,  Sovith  Carolina,  in  the  year  1771. 
His  grandfather,  Eobert  Miller,  was  then  a  lad  of  eleven  years.  At  the 
age  of  seventeen  he  joined  the  Revolutionary  Army  and  served  until  its 
close,  being  severely  wounded  in  the  Battle  of  King's  Mountain.  His 
father,  Robert  Hyndman  Miller,  was  a  valiant  Captain  of  Artillery 
in  the  South  Carolina  militia.  Descended  from  such  Scotch-Irish, 
Presbyterian  and  Revolutionary  ancestry.  Dr.  Miller  was  born  on  a 
farm  in  Chester  District,  S.  C,  Sept.  3,  1834.  "My  earlier  educa- 
tional advantages,"  he  writes,  "were  very  meager,  obtained  in  log 
school-houses  of  crudest  furnishing,  and  given  in  broken  doses  of  from 
two  or  three  months  at  a  time.  Blackboards  and  glass  windows  formed 
no  part  of  school-house  equipment  in  those  good  old  days.  About  the 
only  redeeming  features  of  those  earlier  opportunities  were  that  the 
Bible  and  the  Shorter  Catechism,  with  Webster's  elementary  spelling- 
book,  constituted  the  standard  text-books  ;  and  these  lay  the  foundation 
of  splendid  character,  if  well  improved." 

Like  other  members  of  the  Associate  Reformed  Church  to  whicli 
he  belonged.  Dr.  Miller's  father  was  strongly  opposed  to  slavery.  For 
daring  to  prosecute  those  that  tarred  and  feathered  a  Minister  of  that 
denomination  for  speaking  against  slavery,  he  was  himself  mobbed  by 
his  neighbors.  Yet  for  fifteen  years  thereafter  he  continued  to  live 
in  the  old  home  and  was  a  pronounced  anti-slavery  man.  But  naturally 
his  children  came  North  for  an  education,  and  in  time  he  and  they  re- 
moved to  Lawrence,  Kan.,  where  he  remained  until  his  death  in  1882. 
at  the  age  of  eighty-six.  There  his  son  Josiah  edited  a  paper  called 
The  Kansas  Free  State,  issuing  the  first  number  from  a  sod  house  on 
Jan.  3,  1855.  In  May  of  the  followina-  year  the  Free  State  press  and 
office  were  totally  destroyed  by  the  border  raiders  from  Missouri. 
More  than  one  attempt  was  made  on  the  life  of  its  editor.  But  he 
later  re-established  his  paper,  and  was  a  leader  in  all  the  Kansas  strug- 
gles until  his  death  in  1870. 

"The  same  reasons,"  savs  Dr.  Miller,  "that  carried  this  brother 
North  led  mo  to  go  in  1852.  T  was  six  years  younirer  than  he.  I 
spent  mv  preparatory  and  Freshman  years  ;it  the  TTnivpr>;ity  of  Indi- 
ana, and  oniorod  the  Sophomore  class  in  renter  Colleiie.  Ky..  in  1854. 
There  T  maintained  my  convictions."  He  mentions  several  spirited 
dol)ntes  that   amply  prove  this  statement.     "T  finished  my  collegiate 


GEORGE  MILLER.  189 

course  in  1857  and  entered  the  Theological  Seminary,  and  was  licensed 
in  the  spring  of  1859.  During  the  summer  vacation  1  went  to  Kansas. 
1  preached  my  first  sermon  in  South  Leavenworth.  The  city  was  the 
lirst  western  city  to  engage  in  the  'boom'  business.  The  field  was  un- 
organized, but  had  a  good  brick  building,  I  was  a  sort  oi  John  the 
Baptist  to  the  Rev.  J.  G.  Reaser,  D.D.,  who  was  soon  to  take  charge  of 
tlie  work.  The  people  did  not  know  that  it  was  my  first  sermon.  I 
was  preacher,  precentor,  choir,  organist  and — well,  we  did  not  take  u}) 
a  collection.  At  the  close  of  the  service  I  called  for  a  volunteer  choir 
to  meet  and  practice  on  Saturday  evening.  A  gentleman  and  his  wife, 
living  near  the  church  offered  their  services  and  the  use  of  their  or^-an ; 
and  we  had  a  splendid  choir  for  the  next  service.  I  felt  greatly  en- 
couraged, and  matters  moved  on  very  nicely  for  about  six  weeks  when 
one  evening  at  the  choir  meeting  the  gentleman's  wife  remarked  that 
I  must  excuse  her  husband's  absence,  as  he  had  to  prepare  an  oyscc'r 
supper  at  the  saloon  that  evening !" 

"A  short  time  after  this  I  preached  in  Lawrence,  Kan.,  in  a  long 
hall  on  the  third  floor.  I  had  been  brought  up  a  strict  Psalm-singe i', 
und  had  rather  serious  notions  of  the  proprieties  of  worship.  I  entered 
the  hall  and  took  my  seat  on  the  platform,  and  presently  heard  strange 
,s(»unds  issuing  from  a  corner  about  one  hundred  feet  distant.  I  had 
announced  a  grand  old  hymn,  and  a  whole  amateur  orchestra  tackled 
it.  At  times  the  flute  seemed  to  lead;  the  bass  viol  would  come  in 
with  longdrawn  notes ;  then  the  clarionet  would  seize  and  toss  it  high 
in  the  air,  when  at  length  the  trombone  gave  an  agonizing  blast,  one 
beat  behind  the  time — a  sort  of  death  knell,  and  all  was  over.  The 
thought  that  I  was  in  Kansas,  where  everything  was  done  in  a  differ- 
ent way,  greatly  helped  me." 

Returning  to  Danville,  he  there  finished  his  studies  in  May  of 
18G0.  There  was  a  strong  call  for  Southern  bred  men  to  go  to  Texas, 
but  as  his  convictions  on  the  slavery  question  were  not  in  accord  with 
Southern  sentiment,  he  sadly  declined  going  there,  much  as  he  loved 
the  South.  "It  was,  he  wrote,  "this  sad  conflict  between  my  prin- 
ciples and  my  affections  that  brought  me  to  Missouri,  which,  as  I  sup- 
posed, was  compromise  ground — a  sort  of  'Missouri  Compromise,'  that, 
like  its  noted  predecessor,  was  rashly  repealed  with  some  very  unpleas- 
ant results.  In  June  of  18G0  I  nceepted  a  call  to  the  church  of  Pleas- 
ant Hill,  in  Cass  county.  At  this  time  this  was  the  largest  church  in 
western  Missouri,  with  the  exception  of  those  of  Lexington  and  St. 
Joseph.  But,  alas  !  I  came  just  in  time  to  see  both  Church  and  State 
sink  in  blood  and  fire  on  the  very  issues  I  most  dreaded.  I  tried  to 
be  true  to  both,  during  those  stormy  days,  and  it  is  but  natural  that 
I  should  feel  the  deepest  interest  in  the  welfare  of  the  State  and  of 
that  portion  of  the  Church  to  which  I  have  given  my  whole  active  life, 
however  little  that  life  may  have  been  worth  to  either." 

The  vicissitudes  and  measure  of  Dr.  ^Miller's  success  in  the  church 
at  Pleasant  Hill  are  spoken  of  somewhat  in  the  sketch  of  that  church. 
His  experiences  n?  a  citizen  in  this  State  durinjT  the  Civil  War.  so 


190  SKETCHES   OF  MINISTERS. 

graphically  portrayed  in  his  book,  carmot  be  dwelt  upon  here.  When 
there  was  no  longer  a  prospect  of  his  doing  further  work  at  Pleas- 
ant Hill,  while  conning  the  question,  Wliither?  he  received  a 
unique  invitation  to  "preach  to  the  loyal  people"  of  Kansas  City. 
He  accepted  and  remained  in  the  city  from  1862  to  1865,  preach- 
ing in  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  and,  part  of  the  time,  main- 
taining a  private  school,  in  which  he  taught  many  of  those  that 
since  have  become  among  the  most  prominent  of  the  city's  business 
men,     A  short  notice  of  him  said  at  the  time  of  his  death: 

"Dr  Miller  was  a  sturdy  type  of  the  fighting  parsons  of 
the  primitive  West,  who,  while  they  saved  souls  and  ministered  to 
the  spiritual  welfare  of  their  people,  hesitated  not  to  take  up  the 
gun  and  bear  an  active  part  in  the  protection  of  the  homes  of  their 
people.  Many  times  was  Dr.  Miller  called  upon  to  do  picket  duty 
in  Kansas  City  during  the  War,  and  it  is  recorded  that  he  made  a 
good  soldier." 

At  the  close  of  the  War  came  the  reconstruction  period,  so  dif- 
ficult at  all  times,  especially  where  the  contest  has  been  long  and 
bitter.  How  difficult  it  was  in  Lafayette  Presbytery,  few  that  did 
not  pass  through  it  can  now  appreciate.  Dr.  Miller's  prominence 
in  that  struggle  can  be  best  explained  in  his  own  words :  "In  August, 
]865,  I  received  a  commission  from  the  Board  of  Home  Missions  in 
Pliiladelphia. . .  .1  knew  nothing  of  this  document  until  I  received  it 
from  the  post  office.  A  letter  accompanied  it,  in  which  I  was  urged 
to  return  to  my  church  and  take  hold  of  the  work  of  reconstructing 
the  church  in  Southwestern  Missouri,  and  assuring  me  that  the  Board 
would  stand  by  me.  The  reasons  assigned  for  this  urgent  request  of 
the  Board  were  these:  First,  that  as  my  pastoral  relation  at  Pleasant 
Hill  had  never  been  dissolved,  I  was  still  the  legal  pastor  of  the 
church  and  a  member  of  the  Presbytery;  second,  that  I  was  the  only 
member  of  that  Presbytery  who  unreservedly  adhered  to  the  G-eneral 
Assembly ;  third,  as  the  Southern  Assembly  had  been  in  existence  since 
1861,  and  as  the  Synod  of  Missouri  had  not  gone  into  it,  there  was 
every  reason  for  believing  that  an  earnest  effort  would  be  made  to 
divide  the  churches  in  Missouri  on  these  lines;  fourth,  and  therefore 
i.hat  I  was  the  only  man  in  this  section  whose  position  and  knowledge 
of  the  field  fitted  him  for  all  the  possible  contingencies  that  might 
arise.  T  felt  that  the  great  principles  and  an  important  vantage 
ground  must  be  maintained,  and  that  the  Lord  had  laid  upon  me  that 
work.  And  so,  wisely  or  unwisely,  the  Church  and  my  fellow  men  must 
judge,  and  I  came  to  my  old  charge  and  Presbytery  in  September, 
1865." 

The  details  of  that  struggle  over  the  right  of  those  that  signed  the 
Declaration  and  Testimony  to  a  seat  in  Presbytery,  which  Dr.  Miller 
alone  of  the  former  members  of  Lafayette  Presbytery  denied,  and  how 
under  his  leadership  the  Presbytery  was  re-organized  on  the  basis  laid 
down  by  ihe  General  Assembly  cover  many  pages  in  the  records  of 
Presbytery  and  Synod.    They  are  fully  entered  into  in  the  chapter  in 


GEORGE  MILLER.  191 

his  book  that  treats  of  the  reconstruction  in  the  Synod.  It  was  any- 
thing but  a  ijJeasant  experience  at  the  time ;  but  the  true  spirit  of  the 
man  around  whom  the  fight  centered  in  this  part  of  the  state  is  seen 
in  the  dose  of  the  cliapter  referred  to,  where  he  said : 

"And  now  as  we  stand  here  to-day  and  look  back  over  those  thirty- 
two  years  of  somewhat  intimate  personal  acquaintance  with  the  minis- 
ters and  churches  of  the  Presbytery,  what  a  Hood  of  memories,  sad  and 
sweet,  rushes  over  me !  Personal  contact  with  about  one  hundred  min- 
isterial brethren,  beginning  with  a  period  of  bitter  strife  and  aliena- 
ton,  men  not  perfect,  any  more  than  we  are,  yet  men  possessed  of 
noble  Christian  qualities  that  were  never  wholly  lost  sight  of  in  the 
midst  of  discord  and  contention.  There  was  much  of  asperity  in  those 
times,  but  more  of  love;  much  to  be  sincerely  deplored,  but  more  to 
be  remembered  with  gratitude  to  God.  It  is  with  grateful  feelings 
that  I  am  able  to  record  that  those  with  whom  I  differed  most  bitterly 
are  to-day  numbered  among  my  warmest  friends.  Each  thought  we 
were  right,  and  acted  out  our  convictions  in  manly  opposition,  and  so 
won  each  othei-'s  respect.'' 

"In  the  midst  of  these  labors,  the  overstrain  on  my  brain,  shat- 
tered by  sunstroke,  threw  me  into  such  nervous  prostration  tliat  my 
physicians  bade  me  cease  all  mental  labor  and  give  myself  to  out- 
door exercise  for  a  year  or  two,  warning  me  that  it  was  doubtful 
whether  I  would  ever  by  able  to  resume  pastoral  work.  This  was  the 
ordeal  of  my  life.  I  had  ambitions — I  trust  worthy  ambitions.  I  al- 
ways felt  that  1  had  a  mission  and  the  ability  to  accomplish  it.  That 
I  should  be  laid  aside  at  thirty-four  years  of  age,  in  life's  prime,  in  the 
midst  of  my  opportunities  and  the  hopes  of  my  friends — ah,  I  could  not 
stand  it !  1  could  not  submit  to  God's  will  in  this  affliction.  Here  the 
bright,  cheery  faith  of  my  earlier  life  left  me,  and  dark  and  gloomy 
doubts  took  its  place.  I  doubted  God,  His  Word,  His  providence,  PI  is 
love ;  and  at  times  I  gave  up  the  duties  of  my  religion.  Yet  at  times, 
during  these  experiences,  an  overwhelming  sense  of  God's  love  and 
claims  would  melt  me  to  tears.  This  lasted  for  two  years  or  more.  I 
had  to  give  up  my  pastorate  in  '67.  I  did  no  preaching  until  in  April, 
'70,  an  elder  visited  me  from  the  Greenwood  church — a  small  organi- 
zation of  only  twenty  members,  al)out  six  miles  away,  and  desired  me 
to  give  them  some  preaching.  1  had  hoped  and  longed  for  some  ex- 
pression of  divine  interest  in  me,  so  this  very  humble  one  was  granted. 
I  could  only  hope  for  some  humble  corner  in  the  great  vineyard;  I 
could  not  bargain.  I  replied  that  I  did  not  know  how  well  1  might 
stand  the  strain  of  preaching,  but  that  I  would  try  one  service  a  day 
twice  a  month.  So  I  began,  and  my  heart  began  to  grow  soft  and 
warm  and  trustful  in  the  work;  and  in  three  months  a  wonderful 
revival  occurred  that  admitted  about  forty  memlicrs  to  the  little  church. 
The  Ijord  had  again  graciously  owned  me  and  my  poor  service,  and 
restored  to  me  the  joy  of  His  salvation.  Tlien  I  began  to  preach  twice 
on  each  alternate  Sabbath.  Tbe  next  year  I  held  a  two  weeks'  meet- 
ing in  the  depot  iif  Raymore.     It  was  in  October.     We  carried   in 


192  SKETCHES   OF  MINISTERS. 

lumber  from  a  yard  each  evening  before  service  and  seated  the  room, 
and  after  services  carried  it  out.  It  was  a  most  dehghtful  meeting, 
and  the  results  more  than  doubled  the  membership  of  the  church. 
This  meeing  sot  this  church  on  its  prosperous  career.  I  longed  to  get 
into  full  work,  and  yet  I  felt  that  my  powers  were  so  crippled  that  a 
total  breakdown  might  occur  from  any  overstraining.  I  worked  along 
in  this  humble  way  among  the  weak  churches  with  precious  evidence  of 
some  measure  of  blessing  for  a  few  years,  until  I  had  reason  to  believe  I 
could  take  a  larger  work.  But  two  things  seemed  to  lie  across  my 
path — the  fear  to  undertake  heavy  work,  and  the  other  fact  that  I 
was  looked  upon  now  as  a  broken-down  man,  and  so  had  lost  my 
standing  with  my  brethren  and  the  churches.  I  could  not  get  a  large 
field,  if  even  I  felt  able  to  fill  it.  This  fact  ofttimes  would  goad  my 
feelings.  So  I  said  at  last,  'Lord,  give  me  a  small  field  and  grace  and 
strength  to  fill  it  well.'  And  He  has  graciously  granted  both  re- 
quests. I  have  never  left  the  Synod  of  Missouri,  and  have  never 
taken  a  church  outside  of  Kansas  City  and  Platte  Presbyteries. 
Through  all  the  asperities  of  the  war  and  reconstruction  periods — 
periods  that  invoked  mistakes  and  misconstructions — I  have  never  run 
away  from  my  record." 

After  two  pastorates  in  Platte  Presbytery,  in  the  churches  of 
Oregon  and  St.  Joseph,  Dr.  Miller  returned  to  the  Presbytery  of  Osage 
to  take  charge  of  the  church  at  Nevada.  There,  he  wrote, — "We 
enjoyed  many  precious  outpourings  of  God's  spirit  during  the  pas- 
torate. A  Young  People's  Society  and  Ladies'  Missionary  Society  and 
a  Ladies'  Aid  Society  were  organized.  In  the  4^  years  of  our  pas- 
torate, one  hundred  and  eighty  members  were  added — ninety  of  them 
on  profession  of  faith — and  the  money  raised  aggregated  nearly 
$10,000.  We  always  thank  the  Lord  and  our  co-laborers  in  Nevada 
for  the  work  done  there."  This  was  the  last  regular  work  done  by 
Dr.  Miller  in  this  Presbytery.  In  it,  as  in  others  of  his  fields,  he  was 
ably  assisted  by  his  wife  and  family,  who  were  specially  efficient  in 
Sunday  school  and  missionary  work  and  in  music.  For  two  years  the 
entire  quartette  choir  was  composed  of  his  two  sons  and  two  daughters, 
an  arrangement  "highly  pleasing  to  both  the  pastor  and  the  congre- 
gation, as  the  choir  gave  neither  any  trouble." 

The  remainder  of  his  life  was  spent  in  the  churches  of  Tarkio, 
Chillicothe  and  Cameron,  all  in  Platte  Presbytery,  in  the  latter  of 
which  he  died,  January  11,  1900.  His  success  cannot  be  better  sum- 
med up  than  in  his  own  words:  "In  all  these  years  I  have  never 
taken  a  field  that  was  troubled  with  candidates ;  and  I  have  never 
left  one  that  did  not  have  a  rush  of  them,  some  as  many  as  twenty 
to  thirty  of  them."  "I  have  been  strangely  directed,  ever  entering 
fields  with  reluctance  and  some  degree  of  resentment,  and  ever  receiv- 
ing such  tokens  of  divine  blessing  that  I  was  glad  I  had  entered  them.'* 


JOHN  MONTGOMERY.  193 

JOHN  MONTGOMERY. 

The  following  sketch  of  one  of  the  most  prominent  Presbyterians 
ever  in  this  portion  of  Missouri  is  furnished  by  one  thoroughly  famil- 
iar with  his  life  and  work. 

It  is  impossible  in  the  space  assigned  to  this  article  to  present 
more  than  the  merest  outline  of  the  life  of  a  pioneer  minister.  As- 
sociated as  Dr.  Montgomery  was  with  the  early  history  of  Presbyter- 
ianism  in  Kentucky  and  Missouri,  laboring  in  different  fields  before, 
during  and  after  the  Civil  War,  much  of  his  influence  and  work  was 
made  effective  by  the  firmness  of  conviction  upon  matters  at  tiuies 
during  this  period  which  were  made  of  inestimable  benefit  to  the 
church  through  his  open  and  bold  advocacy.  But  above  all  other 
things,  Dr.  Montgomery  was  a  preacher  of  the  Gospel.  He  was  plain 
and  simple  in  his  manner,  but  vigorous  and  earnest.  His  consuming 
desire  was  to  bring  many  men  to  a  knowledge  of  the  truth. 

He  was  born  in  Danville,  Kentucky,  October  6,  1810.  His 
father  some  five  years  afterwards  started  to  move  to  St.  Louis,  but 
on  the  way  stopped  at  Springfield,  Kentucky,  and  that  became  their 
permanent  home.  He  was  a  hatter,  tanner  and  coppersmith  by  trade, 
and  the  son  was  taught  the  trade  of  his  father. 

His  early  training  was  not  esi^ecially  marked  or  religious.  Like 
most  children  at  that  time,  he  was  taught  little  more  than  to  say  his 
prayers  before  going  to  bed,  to  read  occasionally  in  the  Bible  and  to 
avoid  bad  company,  and  that  he  should  grow  up  a  good  moral  man, 
free  from  habits  which  would  injure  his  standing  in  society.  With 
this  boy,  however,  there  was  not  enough  in  this  to  satisfy  his  desires, 
and  in  the  winter  of  1826-7,  to  quote  his  own  words,  "I  was  engaged 
during  the  noon  recess  in  prayer  and  reading  my  Bible,  when  the 
third  chapter  of  Romans  was  made  blessedly  clear  to  me,  and  I  was 
enabled  to  lay  fully  ahold  of  the  glorious  plan  of  salvation  therein  re- 
vealed." The  following  spring  he  united  with  the  church  at  Spring- 
field. He  remained  at  home,  working  at  his  trade  until  the  fall  of 
1829.  Then  packing  his  wardrobe  and  other  earthly  effects  into  a 
cotton  handkerchief,  he  trudged  his  way  on  foot  to  Danville,  where 
he  entered  Centre  College.  Through  his  trade,  the  doing  of  odd 
jobs  and  a  little  help  from  the  Education  Society,  he  graduated  in 

1835.  During  the  next  year  he  taught  in  the  college,  at  the  same 
time  pursuing  his  theological  course  under  Dr.  Young.    In  September, 

1836,  he  entered  the  seminary  at  Princeton  and  remained  there  two 
years,  when  he  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Presbytery  of  Tran- 
sylvania. 

His  first  work  in  the  ministry  was  to  assist  Dr.  Cleland  in  a 
protracted  meeting  at  Harrodsburg,  Kentucky,  in  November,  1838. 
He  was  invited  to  supply  the  church,  whicli  he  did  as  soon  as  he  had 
completed  a  canvass  which  he  had  undertaken  to  raise  an  endowment 
for  a  professorship  in  Centre  College,  and  on  May  20,  1840,  he  was 
ordained  and  installed  pastor  of  the  church.  There  he  remained 
seventeen  years.    During  this  time  the  church  building  was  enlarged 


194  SKETCHES   OF  MINISTERS. 

and  the  number  of  communicants  increased  until  when  he  left,  in  1857, 
it  was  a  large,  influential  and  prosperous  church.  During  his  min- 
istry there  he  preached  three  times  each  Sabbath,  twice  in  town  and 
once  in  the  country;  conducted  three  Sunday  schools,  two  prayer 
meetings  and  a  great  number  of  revival  services  in  many  places  south 
and  east  of  Harrodsburg. 

He  was  married  on  the  2d  day  of  May,  1844^  to  Miss  Kate  Ren- 
nick,  of  Frankfort,  Kentucky.  His  wife  was  the  daughter  of  a  good 
old  West  Pennsylvania  Presbyterian,  and  on  her  mother's  side 
traced  her  ancestry  through  the  McAfees  and  Makamies  to  the  origin 
of  the  Presbyterian  church  on  this  continent.  She  still  survives  her 
husband  and  is  now  (1901)  living  with  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Mary  Zoll, 
in  SedaJia. 

In  October,  1857,  Dr.  Montgomery  resigned  his  charge  and  ac- 
cepted a  call  to  supply  the  First  Church  of  Pettis  near  Longwood, 
Missouri.  On  the  3d  of  June,  1856,  by  order  of  the  Presbytery  of 
Missouri,  Rev.  H.  M.  Painter,  then  of  Boonville,  organized  this  church, 
and  Dr.  Montgomery  began  to  preach  there  on  the  first  Sabbath  in 
October  following.  They  had  no  house  of  worship  and  the  building 
of  one  was  at  once  entered  upon.  He  moved  with  his  family  to  near 
Longwood,  in  the  north  part  of  Pettis  county  and  about  fifteen  miles 
north  of  Sedalia,  and  there  resided,  with  temporary  interruption^ 
until  his  death.  The  house  of  worship  of  the  First  Church  of  Pettis 
was  completed  in  about  eighteen  months  and  was  preached  in  regularly 
three  Sundays  in  each  month — the  other  Sunday  being  given  to 
members  residing  in  Georgetown  and  vicinity.  This  continued  until 
the  beginning  of  the  Civil  War.  The  War  interrupted  all  regular 
preaching  services,  and  yet  Dr.  Montgomery  always  found  some  who 
wanted  to  hear  the  Gospel,  and  in  the  darkest  days  of  the  War  he 
rarely  missed  a  Sabbath  when  he  did  not  preach  to  some  people  some- 
where. During  three  or  four  months  of  this  time  he  supplied  Dr. 
McPheeters'  church  in  St.  Louis.  In  the  fall  of  1864  he  entered  upon 
the  duties  of  president  of  Westminister  College  at  Fulton,  and  sup- 
plied the  pulpit  of  the  church  in  that  city.  It  was  a  critical  time  in 
the  history  of  the  college.  The  president  and  one  professor  were 
left  alone.  The  endowment  had  failed,  and  it  was  only  by  the  per- 
sistent and  unflagging  zeal  and  energy  of  one  man  that,  as  Dr.  Hers- 
man  says,  "Kept  the  institution  from  being  engulfed.'^  In  October, 
1865,  Dr.  Montgomery  states  that  he  found  he  had  neither  the  men 
tal  nor  the  physical  ability  to  continue  the  work,  and  he  was  com- 
pelled to  resign. 

In  1861  Dr.  Montgomery  walked  over  to  Sedalia  from  George- 
town one  Sabbath  day  (in  those  days  men  didn't  ride  horses  near 
the  camps  of  soldiers)  and  preached  one  of  the  first  sermons  ever  de- 
livered in  that  city.  He  and  the  Rev.  Josliua  Barbee,  late  of  Excelsior 
Springs,  continued  to  preach  in  Sedalia  from  time  to  time  until  1864 
in  such  room  or  place  as  might  be  furnislied  them.  During  the  fall 
of  tliis  year  Mr.  Barlx^o  and  Capt.  John  M.  Sneed  bought  an  old 
church  building  in  Syracuse  and  moved  it  up  to  Sedalia,  where  it  was 


JOHN  MONTGOMERY.  195 

enlarged  and  rebuilt.  This  was  the  first  house  of  worship  erected 
in  Sedalia,  and  stood  for  many  years  where  is  now  the  Motel  Huekins, 
on  the  corner  of  Second  and  Lamine  Streets. 

In  August,  1805,  Dr.  Montgomery  organized  tlie  First  Presby- 
terian Church  of  Scdalia,  with  twelve  members.  The  church  building 
was  not  sufficiently  finished  to  be  occupied  and  the  organization  was 
eft'ected  on  August  11th,  in  a  school  house  situated  north  of  the  rail- 
road. He  preached  for  his  church  until  February  25,  I8G8,  riding 
on  horseback  from  his  home,  fifteen  miles  north  of  town,  and  only 
discontinued  at  that  time  on  account  of  a  severe  bodily  injury,  which 
disabled  him  from  preaching  for  more  than  a  year.  A  call  had  been 
given  him  in  September,  18G8,  to  the  pastorate,  but  he  was  never  in- 
stalled, thinking  that  under  the  circumstances  he  could  not  properly 
discharge  the  duties.  In  the  meantime  he  was  led  to  the  belief  that 
at  the  then  approaching  meeting  to  be  held  in  Boonville  the  Synod 
would  be  divided.  He  was  opposed  to  any  division  and  the  church 
remained  in  its  connection  with  the  Lafayette  Presbytery.  Rev.  C, 
H.  Dunlap  was  called  to  supply  the  church  on  April  5,  1868,  and  on 
February  3,  1870,  the  church  entered  the  Kansas  City  Presbytery. 

Dr.  Montgomery,  continued  to  preach  to  what  was  called  the 
Old  School  Presbyterian  Church  (it  being  composed  of  those  members 
of  the  First  Church  who  did  not  go  into  the  Northern  Assembly)  from 
December,  1869,  until  February,  1870.  On  the  18th  of  February,  1870, 
they  were  organized  under  the  name  of  the  Old  School  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Sedalia.  They  bought  the  old  church  building  of  the  First 
Church,  and  Dr.  Montgomery  continued  to  minister  to  them  until  the 
fall  of  1872,  when  Rev.  J.  E.  Wheeler  was  installed  as  their  pastor. 

After  giving  up  this  church  Dr.  Montgomery  undertook  a  work 
at  Marshall,  Mo.,  and  prosecuted  it  until  the  church  building  was  in 
a  comfortable  condition  for  occupancy.  Then  he  spent  a  year,  1875-6, 
preaching  at  Brownsville.  Then  he  went  back  for  a  sliort  period  to 
his  old  charge  in  Harrodsburg,  Ky.  This,  however,  was  only  a  tem- 
porary arrangement,  as  he  left  his  family  in  Missouri  and  only  con- 
templated staying  there  long  enough  to  help  the  church  out  of  some 
embarrassment. 

Soon  after  first  coming  to  the  State  of  Missouri,  Dr.  Montgom- 
ery had  preached  from  time  to  time  in  Longwood.  and  he  held  meet- 
ings there  from  time  to  time  as  long  as  he  lived.  The  early  result 
of  his  labors  here  was  the  organization  of  the  church  on  the  25th  of 
September,  1869.  In  1876  he  took  charge  of  this  church  and  preached 
here  regularly  until  in  August,  1877,  and  until  compelled  to  desist 
through  serious  illness.  In  1866  he  organized  the  church  at  Lamonte 
and  supplied  it  from  time  to  time  in  connection  with  the  churches  at 
Longwood  and  the  First  Church  of  Pettis. 

Dr.  Montgomery  continued  to  preach  as  his  health  would  admit 
until  1895,  when  he  became  too  feeble  longer  to  perform  this  duty. 
He  died,  greatly  beloved,  on  the  10th  day  of  February,  1899. 


196  SKETCHES   OF  MINISTEKS. 

WILLIAM  B.  MONTGOMEEY. 

One  of  the  original  Mission  party  that  established  the  Harmony 
Mission  in  1831  was  the  llev.  W.  B.  Montgomery  of  Danville,  Pa. 
The  remainder  of  his  life  was  spent  in  that  Mission  and  in  others  to 
the  Osage  Indians.  The  only  notices  of  him  that  have  been  seen  by 
the  present  writer  are  the  fragmentary  ones  in  the  Missionarij  Herald. 
in  the  December,  1834,  number  of  that  publication  appears  (p.  -152)  an 
account  of  his  death  by  cholera  at  the  Hopefield  Mission,  Aug.  17, 
1834.     It  says: 

"A  Frenchman  by  the  name  of  Beatt  (who  has  an  Indian  fam- 
ily and  is  one  of  the  settlers)  was  the  only  assistant  Mrs.  Montgomery 
had  through  her  husband's  sickness.  His  unremitted  exertion  to  save 
the  jDoor  Osages  who  were  falling  around  him  proved  too  great.  In  the 
midst  of  his  endeavors  for  their  temporal  and  spiritual  good,  he  was 
taken  from  among  them  and  from  his  earthly  labor.  The  messenger 
of  death  came  suddenly  and  unexpectedly,  yet  it  found  him  with  his 
lamp  trimmed  and  burning.  He  died  a  most  triumphant  death. 
'Oh  I'  said  Beatt,  'I  never  saw  a  man  die  so  happy  as  that  man.'  Soon 
after  the  attack  he  exclaimed :  'Can  it  be  that  in  less  than  twenty-four 
hours  J  shall  be  walking  the  streets  of  the  New  Jerusalem?'  'I  know,' 
said  he,  'Whom  I  have  believed.'  He  left  messages  of  love  to  his 
Missionary  brethren  all  around,  exhorting  them  to  fidelity  and  per- 
severance in  their  work.  To  the  Osage  Missionaries  he  said:  'Tell 
them  not  to  give  over  the  Osages,  and  not  to  count  any  sacrifice  too 
great  for  their  salvation.'  This  is  a  truly  mysterious  dispensation  of 
Divine  Providence,  just  as  our  dear  brother  had  so  far  completed  the 
Osage  language  as  to  be  able  to  communicate  to  them  in  their  own 
tongue,  he  was  called  away.  *  *  *" 

Such  was  his  zeal  for  learning  the  language  that  a  notice  in  the 
Herald,  Aug.,  1834,  p.  258,  says :"  The  Rev.  Messrs.  Pixley  and  Mont- 
gomery have  devoted  their  time  principally  to  the  study  of  the  lan- 
guage ;  the  latter  for  the  attainment  of  his  object  having  lived  several 
months  with  the  Indians,  accompanying  them  on  their  hunting  expe- 
ditions, and  depending  for  subsistence  on  their  precarious  means  of 
support."  , 

The  obituary  continues:  "Mr.  Montgomery  had  spent  the  last 
eight  or  nine  years  at  the  Hopefield  Mission,  employing  a  large  por- 
tion of  his  time  in  acquiring  a  knowledge  of  the  Osage  language  and 
reducing  it  to  writing.  In  accomplishing  this  object  he  had  made  much 
progress;  and  with  some  aid  from  one  of  his  associates,  Mr.  W.  C. 
Requa,  he  last  spring  completed  an  elementary  book,  embracing  also 
translations  of  various  portions  of  Scripture,  the  first  book  ever  writ- 
ten in  the  Osage  language."  The  title  of  the  book  is  Wahashe  Waga- 
ressa  Pahurgeh  Tse,  Boston,  1834.  There  were  126  pages.  Five  hun- 
dred copies  printed. 


LEVI  R.  MOREISON.  197 

LEVI  E.  MOIIRISON. 

The  following  letter  found  among  the  papers  of  the  late  Dr. 
Timet hy  Hill  is  highly  interesting  from  various  reasons.  It  is  given 
entire : 

"Cross  Timbers,  Mo.,  Jan.  21st,  1861. 
"JJev.  T.  Hill: 

"Dear  Brother: — My  place  of  missionary  labor  keeps  me  about 
half  Ibc  time  from  home.  On  the  evening  of  25  Dec.  I  got  home  from 
one  of  my  tours,  and  in  a  few  hours  was  attacked  with  typlioid  pneu- 
monia, which  deprived  me  of  reason,  and  almost  of  consciousness,  for 
two  weeks.  I  am  alive  by  a  hairbreadth  escape  from  one  of  the  most 
fatal  diseases  of  the  land. 

"On  my  becoming  convalescent,  my  family  showed  me  your  letter 
from  St.  Joseph,  for  which  I  thank  you.  My  reason  for  not  noticing 
your  former  letter  of  the  same  purport  was  neither  indolence  nor  in- 
difference to  the  good  work  you  are  doing.  But  mine  is  a  very  busy 
life.  I  never  could  do  much  at  a  time  by  grand,  occasional  strokes, 
and  deem  it  particularly  my  duty  to  keep  working  away  all  the  time ; 
more  bound  to  be  doing  something  than  to  be  telling  what  I  have  been 
doing.  But  now  that  a  Holy  Providence  has  broken  up  my  plans  for 
awhile,  and  as  I  am  comfortably  recuperating,  I  attend  to  your  resuest 
with  pleasure.  , 

"I  am  in  my  56th  year ;  was  born  in  1805,  in  Mecklenburg  county, 
N.  C.  My  father  was  of  Scotch  descent — my  grandfather  a  genuine 
Scotchman.  My  mother  was  of  English  extraction.  Both  my  parents 
were  pious  from  their  early  youth.  My  father  was  for  many  years  an 
Elder  in  the  church,  in  Bedford  county,  Tenn.,  whither  he  removed 
when  I  was  ten  years  of  age. 

"In  my  fifteenth  year  it  pleased  the  God  of  my  fathers  to  turn 
me  from  darkness  to  light,  and  from  the  power  of  Satan  unto  God. 
My  views  of  the  beauties  of  Christ  and  the  glories  of  redemption, 
gleaming  from  every  part  of  the  Bible  and  Catechism  in  which  I  had 
been  diligently  taught,  soon  settled  into  the  form  of  a  prevailing  desire 
to  preach  Christ  to  my  fellow-sinners.  But  I  was  quite  illiterate;  and 
my  father,  having  suffered  severe  reverses,  was  unable  to  educate  me, 
or  even  to  spare  my  services  from  the  farm.  So,  leaving  the  case 
in  the  hand  of  God,  believing  that  if  He  intended  me  to  preach  He 
would  open  a  way  for  an  education  in  due  time,  T  toiled  on  at  the  plow, 
trying  all  the  time  to  acquire  scriptural  information  by  snatching  a 
few  moments  to  read  something  as  material  for  thought  while  at  my 
labor. 

"Tlien  in  my  22d  year,  my  father's  little  affairs  being  brought 
into  tolerable  condition,  with  one  dollar  in  my  pocket,  and  the  blessing 
of  the  best  of  parents  as  a  fountain  of  courage  in  my  heart.  T  set  forth 
on  the  cherished  object  of  my  life,  with  Murray's  Grammar,  and  all 
beyond  a  terra  Ittcognifa. 

"According  to  arrangement.  T  wont  into  the  sturlv  of  mv  older 
brother.  Rev.  Silas  H.  Morrison,  long  since  deceased,  who  had  worked 
his  way  through  an  education  into  the  ministry  some  years  before. 


198  SKETCHES   OF  MINISTERS. 

Upon  his  removing  into  Alabama — too  far  from  my  mother's  spindle 
and  needle — I  went  to  the  study  of  Eev.  Amzi  Bradshaw  (late  of  Tex- 
as, but  now  deceased),  in  Wilson  county,  Tenn.,  with  whom  I  fin- 
ished my  Greek,  Science  and  Theology,  havng  studied  Latin  with  my 
brother  (I  never  studied  Hebrew),  remunerating  him  in  a  small  de- 
gree by  assisting  him  in  teaching  and  otherwise.  Being  blessed  with 
uncommon  good  health  and  constitution,  I  was  able  to  endure  more 
study  and  physical  toil  than  mast  students. 

"I  have  now  answered  your  question  with  regard  to  the  place 
of  my  theological  education  as  nearly  as  the  obscurity  of  the  case  per- 
mits ;  first  at  my  father's  hearthstone  and  plowtail,  with  the  Bible  for 
a  text-book,  the  Confession  of  Faith,  Scott's  Family  Bible,  Burder's 
and  Witherspoon's  Sermons  for  expositors,  and  father  and  mother  for 
professors;  lectures  every  Sabbath  evening,  and  as  much  oftener  as 
business  permitted.  2d,  in  the  study  of  Eev.  Mr.  B — ,  a  log  cabin, 
10x14  feet,  which  has  long  since  shared  the  fate  of  Goldsmith's  vil- 
lage school-house,  where  a  vigorous,  earnest  man  made  great,  strong, 
pungent  sermons,  directed  my  reading,  and  did  his  best  to  show  me 
how  to  convince  men  of  sin  and  persuade  them  to  Christ. 

"For  these  two  Institutions  I  feel  as  much  reverence  as  any  man 
ought  for  his  Alma  Mater. 

"Then,  unincumbered  with  debt,  and  the  same  amount  of  money 
(one  dollar)  on  hand  with  which  I  commenced  my  curriculum,  I  was, 
after  much  examination,  sent  forth  a  probationer  by  the  Presbytery 
of  Shiloh,  by  whom   Iwas  ordained  one  year  afterward,  April  20,  1832. 

"As  you  ask  for  incidents,  and  I  have  spoken  of  two  memorable 
dollars,  let  me  tell  you  of  another,  of  which  you  may  tell  the  boys  as 
an  instance  of  providential  faithfulness  and  bounty.  The  first  dollar 
I  ever  could  call  my  own  I  gave  to  the  A.  B.  S.  And,  lest  I  should 
regret  it,  I  bound  myself  that  the  next  dollar  I  might  have  should  go 
the  same  way,  and  it  did.  Now  I  begin  to  be  an  old  man,  have  never 
been  rich;  but  to  this  day  I  have  not  had  absolute  need  of  a  dollar 
but  it  has  been  at  hand  in  some  honorable  way. 

"I  have  often  regretted  my  want  of  a  Seminary  course.  I  have 
regretted  it  when  conscious  that  my  resources  are  more  limited,  and 
my  authorities  and  references  fewer  than  sometimes  they  should  be; 
or  when  I  have  seen  brethren,  not  my  superiors  as  I  thought,  assvim- 
ing  the  conspicuous,  and  outshining  me  before  the  masses  and  mis- 
leading the  giddy  on  the  merits  of  their  Alma  Mater.  But  I  have 
not  regretted  it  when  I  have  seen  men,  really  my  superiors,  contented 
with  second-hanrl  mental  furniture — thinking  and  acting  on  author- 
ity of  other  men's  names — ignoring  matters  of  fact  and  pursuing  ir- 
relevant theories.  It  makes  me  not  sorry  that  I  have  always  been 
compelled  to  do  my  own  thinking  in  my  own  way. 

"Your  next  inquiry  regards  my  ministerial  history,  etc. 

"Well,  the  first  two  years  of  my  ministerial  life  were  spent  in 
the  service  of  the  churches  of  Spring  Creek.  Smyrna  and  Ephesus, 
in  Wilson,  Euthcrford  and  Davidson  counties,  Tenn,     On  all  of  which 


L.  E.  MORRISON.  •  199 

the  Divine  blessing  descended  to  the  conversion  of  about  seventy  souls 
in  that  time.  By  the  advice  of  brethren  I  then  labored  two  year^ 
in  the  towns  of  Sparta  and  McMinnville.  These  churches  were  very 
feeble  and  inefficient ;  and  though  a  few  persons  were  converted,  my 
success  was  not  satisfatory;  neither  could  I  see  the  material  within 
my  reach  for  building  up. 

"Mrs.  M.  having  lost  her  health,  and  there  being  a  probability 
that  a  residence  in  some  mountainous  country  would  be  to  her  ad- 
vantage, I  then  removed  to  Athens,  in  East  Tennessee,  and  took  charge 
of  the  church  there,  where  I  remained  eleven  years,  during  which 
time  the  church  grew  from  about  fifty  to  over  one  hundred  members. 
I  also  served  another  small  church  in  the  vicinity,  which  more  than 
doubled  its  members.  During  my  residence  in  this  place,  the  congre- 
gation built  a  neat  and  substantial  brick  church,  which  I  understand 
is  now  too  small.  They  continue  to  be  a  growing  church.  But  a 
revulsion  in  financial  affairs  caught  a  number  of  my  best  supporters 
under  heavy  liabilities,  and,  with  many  others,  they  were  crushed. 
After  they  had  struggled  nobly  under  their  difficulties  for  several 
years  to  sustain  me  with  my  expensive  family,  we  mutually  sugges- 
ted tliat  I  should  leave  the  place  to  some  brother  of  smaller  neces- 
sities ;  and,  with  many  tears,  we  parted. 

"Here,  I  think,  was  the  best  schooling  I  ever  had.  On  taking 
charge  at  A.,  I  found  myself  surrounded  with  brethren  of  superior 
advantages ;  many  of  them  with  large,  active  minds  and  noble  hearts. 
Besides,  Athens  happened  to  loe  the  residence  of  quite  a  number  of 
professional  men  of  the  first  order  of  talents,  few  of  whom  were  con- 
nected with  the  church  personally,  but  all  of  them  through  thoir 
families.  Now  to  maintain  a  standing  compatible  with  usefulness 
among  such  brethren,  and  to  save  my  pulpit  and  my  Master's  cause 
from  disrespect  before  such  a  community,  didn't  I  have  to  work 
and  study? 

"I  then  accepted  an  invitation  from  the  Church  of  Gladspring, 
near  Abingdon,  Ya.,  where  I  remained  five  years.  There  under  the 
shadow  of  Emory  and  Henry  College,  a  flourishing  Methodist  insti- 
tution, manned  by  clergymen  of  very  respectable  talents  and  learn- 
ing, and  my  church  attended  by  large  numbers  of  sharp-minded  stu- 
dents, I  had  use  for  all  I  knew  and  perhaps  a  little  more. 

"I  served  that  church  half  the  time,  and  I  think  its  increase 
was  20  or  25  per  cent.  The  other  half  of  my  time  was  spent  in  mis- 
sionary labors  among  the  long-neglected  people  of  the  rugged  moun- 
tains to  the  north  of  my  residence ;  and  I  have  reason  to  think  con- 
tributed to  prepare  the  way  materially  for  the  now  promising  young 
churches  of  Jeffersonville  and  Thompson's  Valley, 

*T^ut  my  time  of  life  had  come  to  gratify  (if  ever  T  should')  my 
long-cherished  desire  for  the  West.  So,  in  the  autumn  of  1851,  I 
moved  to  my  present  location,  not  a  town  as  some  brethren  abroad 
write  it,  but  a  remote  and  almost  isolated  spot  of  loveliness,  where 


200  SKETCHES   OF  MINISTERS. 

a  few  humble,  praying  men  and  women — people  of  my  first  min- 
isterial charge  in  Tennessee — have  made  their  little  farms  and  set 
up  their  banners  in  the  name  of  the  Lord.  Here  I  found  a  church 
consisting  of  24  members,  organized  by  Messrs.  Noel  and  Renshaw, 
about  1845.    It  now  numbers  over  100  communicants. 

"Here  is  the  place  of  our  Presbyterial  High  School.  This  peo- 
ple by  persevering  toil,  and  with  a  cash  expenditure  of  not  more 
than  $300,  has  created  church  and  school  property  valued  at  $1,400, 
Two  sons  of  this  church  have  been  studying  five  years  for  the  min- 
istry, and  are  in  a  good  state  of  advancement.  During  my  first  two 
years  in  Missouri,  I  preached  half  the  time  to  the  church  at  Osceola 
(distant  about  30  miles)  which  has  now  gone  0.  S.,  and  is  served 
by  Brother  Barks  of  Warsaw.     It  has  never  grown  much. 

"For  the  last  three  years,  much  of  my  time  has  been  devoted 
to  the  churches  of  Mt.  Zion  and  Springfield,  in  Greene  Coimty,  60 
miles  distant  from  my  home.  At  the  decease  of  Bro.  Eenshaw, 
nearly  four  years  ago,  these  churches  were  much  discouraged,  es- 
pecially the  former,  where  he  resided,  which  had  recently  been  much 
diminished  by  emigrations  to  California  and  Oregon.  My  monthly 
labors  in  Mt.  Zion  have  been  little  more  than  sufficient  to  maintain 
the  church  in  statu  quo.  It  had  nearly  doubled  its  strength,  by 
conversions  and  immigrations,  when,  within  the  last  year,  a  respectable 
minority  bolted  for  the  0.  S.,  and  divided  the  church. 

"My  information  as  to  the  early  statistics  of  our  Church  is  lim- 
ited, as  the  first  volume  of  the  records  has  never  come  into  my  hands. 

1.  Little    Osage.      Organized,    I   suppose,    by   Father   Dodge. 
Remains  weaTc.     Gone  0.  S. 

2.  Double  Branches.    By  Father  Dodge.    Little  growth.     Gone 

By  whom  unknown.     Gone  0.   S. 
By  Noel.     About   extinct. 

By  Noel.     Mother  of  a  church  in  California 
U.  "S. 

By  D.  Weir.     Extinct  long  since. 

7.  Bolivar.*     Never  existed,  I  think. 

8.  Salem.     By  J.  Gallaher,  I  think.     Went  0.  S.,  and  then 
disbanded. 

9.  Georgetown.     I  never  knew  of  it. 

10.  Warsaw.     Gallaher.     Gone  0.  S. 

11.  North  Prairie.*     Noel  and  Ryland.,  IT.  S. 

12.  New  Providence.     Know  nothing  of  it. 

13.  Moreau.     Dead  born. 

14.  Bethsaida.     Ditto. 

15.  Harmony.    Merged  its  existence  into  the  three  first  churches 
named. 

Those  churches  marked  with  an  asterisk  (*)  were  outside  the  present  boundaries 
of  Kansas  City  Presbytery. 


0.  S. 

3. 

Deepwater. 

4. 

Hermon. 

5. 

Mt.  Zion.* 

and  one 

in  Oregon., 

6. 

Warbleau.* 

L.  R.  MORRISON.  201 

16.  Little  Tebo.  Gallaher.  Dissolved  and  its  members  attached 
to  Warsaw. 

17.  Gasconade.*     I.  B.  Ricketts.     Small  growth.     U.  S. 

18.  Walnut  Grove.*  Renshaw  and  Taylor.  Members  mostly 
gone  to  the  Pacific.     Remainder  attached  to  Mt.  Ziohw 

19.  New  Hope,  Ark.*    J.  McMillan.    Small,  but  growing.  U.  S. 
30.  Springfield.*     Dr.  Bullard.     U.  S. 

21.  Red  Hill.*       A.  G.  Taylor.     Nearly  dead.     U.  S. 

22.  Bentonville,  Ark.*     A.  W.  Morrison.     Flourishing.     U.  S. 

23.  Fayetteville,  Ark.*     Unknown.     Small.  U.  S. 

24.  Cold  Neck.    The  first  I  ever  heard  of  it. 

MINISTERS. 

1.  D.  Weir.    Deceased  in  1854,  or  '5,  in  Jackson  Co.,  Mo. 

2.  N.  B.  Dodge.    Deceased  previous  to  1851,  in  Vernon  Co. 

3.  A.  Jones.     W.  C.     0.  S.     Deepwater. 

4.  G.  A.  M.  Renshaw.     Deceased  in  April,  1857. 

5.  I.  B.  Ricketts.     Gone  to  Texas,  in  1859,  undismissed. 

6.  C.  Bradshaw.     Deceased,  May,  1860,  in  Vernon  Co.     U.  S. 

7.  B.  Rvland.     Deceased,  in  1849,  in  Polk  Co. 

8.  I.  W.'  K.  Handy.     Dismissed.     Portsmouth,  Va.     U.  S. 

9.  W.  C.  Requa.     Double  Branches.     0.  S. 

10.  W.  H.  Smith.     Residence  unknown.  N.  S. 

11.  J.  V.  Barks.     Warsaw.     0.   S. 

12.  A.  G.  Taylor.     W.  C.  Col.     Walnut  Grove.     U.  S". 

13.  D.  Emerson.     Residence  and  connection  unknown. 

14.  A.  W.  Morrison.     S.  S.,  Bentonville,  Ark.    IJ.  S. 

15.  J.  McMillan.     Tea.     North  Prairie.     TJ.  S. 

16.  G.  W.  Harlan.     Tea.     Jackson,  Mo.     0.  S. 

17.  J.  W.  McCord.     Mis.     Walnut  Grove,  Ark.     U.  S. 
"These  are  imperfect  statistics,  but  the  best  I  can  do  imder 

present  circumstances.* 

"Yours  in  the  Gospel, 

"L.  R.  Morrison. 

"P.  S.  Could  I  interest  5''ou  in  behalf  of  our  theological  stu- 
dents? We  are  unable  to  send  them  to  Seminary.  Could  , you  find 
brethren  able  and  disposed  to  help  them  to  a  few  books — Evidences 
of  Christianity  (Paley,  Alexander.  Watson,  or  equivalents),  Home's 
Introduction,  Calvin's  Institutes,  Dwight's  Theology.  Any  or-  all 
of  the  above  works — two  copies  each — expressed  to  Warsaw,  would 
confer  lasting  good,  through  two  young  men  of  good  talents  and 
piety.  ■  L.  R.  M." 

For  an  interesting  estimate  of  Mr.  Morrison's  work  and  char- 
acteristics, see  the  letter  of  G.  W.  Harlan  on  p.  159. 

*Mea(rer  as  they  are,  they  are  here  inserted  because  they  are  in  several  instances 
more  complete  than  have  been  found  elsewhere  bv  the  compiler  of  this  book. 
13 


202  SKETCHES   OF  MINISTERS. 

EBEN  MUSE. 

One  of  the  most  successful  workers  in  Lafayette  Presbytery  dur- 
ing the  reconstruction  period  succeeding  the  Civil  War  was  Eben 
Muse,  Pastor  at  Warrensburg.  In  spite  of  much  division  of  opinion 
in  that  church  over  the  Declaration  and  Testimony,  the  majority  of 
the  members  with  their  Pastor  remained  with  the  Assembly.  A 
large  immigration  game,  which,  however,  proved  almost  entirely  a 
passing  wave.  The  membership  of  the  church  increased  rapidly.  The 
Pastor's  "careful,  patient  and  earnest  demeanor  and  hard  work  made 
it  a  popular  church.  His  audiences  increased.  *  *  The  church 
was  crowded  to  its  utmost  capacity,  and  all  was  well.  Then  came 
a  change.  Members  moved  farther  west.  Others  came  in,  but  not  as 
fast  as  the  movers  went  out.  *  *  Then  Mrs.  Muse  became  sick, 
almost  a  helpless  invalid,  and  was  taken  East.  *  *  The  change 
did  no  good.  Then  Bro.  Muse  was  taken  down  sick.  His  health 
had  been  failing  for  some  time.  Finally  he  offered  his  resignation, 
which  was  very  unwillingly  accepted  by  the  church."  He  is  still 
warmly  remembered  by  some  of  his  former  parishioners  as  a  hard 
worker,  a  good  sermonizer  and  a  faithful  Pastor. 


HENEY  ADDISON"  NELSON. 

The  coming  of  Dr.  Nelson  to  the  Presbytery  of  Kansas  City  was 
a  decided  addition  to  its  working  forces,  and  one  heartily  welct)med 
by  all  his  brethren  in  the  ministry.  He  came  to  us  after  a  rich 
experience  in  the  nastorate  and  in  the  Professor's  chair,  in  both 
which  positions  he  had  wielded  an  unusually  large  influence  and 
was  greatly  beloved.  He  had  been  for  ten  vears  Pastor  of  the  First 
Presbyterian  church  of  Auburn,  N.  Y.,  for  twelve  years  Pastor  of 
the  First  Church  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  for  six  years  Professor  of 
Systematic  and  Pastoral  Theology  in  Lane  Seminary,  and  for  eleven 
years  Pastor  of  the  First  Church  of  Geneva,  N.  Y.  He  had  been 
Moderator  of  Presbyteries  and  Syiiods  in  this  and  other  States,  and 
]\[oderaior  of  the  New  School  General  Assembly  of  1857. 

Des&nded  from  a  long  line  of  godly  New  England  ancestors, 
nearly  all  of  them  office  bearers  in  the  Church,  he  exemplifies  in 
his  own  life  the  highest  qualities  of  head  and  heart,  and  a  special 
fitness  for  the  Gospel  ministry.  Whether  in  the  pulpit  or  in  the 
chair,  he  has  always  been  clear,  scriptural  and  practical  in  his  teach- 
ing, tender  and  effective  in  his  appeals,  genial  and  helpful  in  his 
friendships,  wise  and  faithful  in  counsel,  honored  and  efficient  in 
office.  In  an  eminent  degree  he  seems  to  inherit  all  the  Beatitudes, 
especially  that  of  the  peacemaker.  Other  men  may  surpass  him  in 
generalship  or  in  leadership  in  a  forlorn  hope,  but  none  in  winning 


H.  A.  NELSON.  203 

and  keeping  the  affection  of  all  classes  of  parishioners,  pupils  and 
neighbors. 

Shortly  before  coming  to  this  Presbytery,  Dr.  Nelson  had 
spent  a  year  or  more  abroad,  visiting  with  his  son  the  Mission 
fields  of  various  denominations.  One  of  his  daughters  (Mrs.  Eev. 
W.  K.  Eddy,  of  Sidon),  had  then  spent  several  years  in  Syria  as 
a  Missionary,  and  the  son  who  then  accompanied  him  later  be- 
came the  Eev.  W.  S.  Nelson,  D.  D.,  now  a  Missionary  in  Tripoli, 
Syria.  An  older  son  has  been  for  many  years  an  honored  Elder  in 
the  West  church  of  St.  Louis;  a  daughter,  the  wife  of  the  Rev. 
Dr.  Henry  Bullard,  of  St.  Joseph,  Mo. ;  and  another  daughter,  a 
teacher  in  the  Western  Female  Seminary  of  Oxford,  0.  By  special 
appointment  of  the  Foreign  Board,  the  Doctor  visited  as  its  repre- 
sentative the  Missions  of  onr  Church  in  Persia  and  Syria.  By  a 
similar  appointment  of  the  Board  of  Missions  for  Freedmen,  he  had 
previously  visited  the  Missions  of  that  Board  in  the  South.  By 
his  own  pastoral  work,  he  bocnme  thoronglily  familiar  with  the  v.-ork 
of  Home  Missions  East  and  West;  and  by  his  Seminary  work  ac- 
quainted with  the  workers  in  all  sorts  of  fields,  in  every  land. 
These  unusual  experiences  and  wide  acquaintanceships,  together 
with  his  scholarly  habits  and  excellent  health,  fitted  the  Doctor 
for  a  large  Christian  work  long  after  he  had  crossed  the  (so-called) 
ministerial  dead  line. 

Coming  to  us  at  the  age  of  sixty-five,  the  years  he  spent  in 
the  Presbytery  of  Kansas  City  were  occupied  in  the  care  of  the 
Kansas  City  Ladies'  College  at  Independence,  and  in  the  pulpit 
of  the  First  Presbyterian  church  of  the  same  city.  Though  a 
pronounced  Northern  man,  he  was  warmly  welcomed  by  all  parties 
in  that  difficult  field,  and  heartily  supported  in  all  that  he  under- 
took. Here  he  and  they  expected  and  hoped  that  he  would  spend 
the  remaining  days  of  his  active  ministry.  But  the  denomination 
had  a  larger  claim  upon  him,  and  called  him  to  a  field  Avhere  his 
influence  would  be  felt  around  the  world. 

When  the  General  Assembly  decided  to  establish  a  missionary 
magazine  that  should  take  the  place  of  the  various  magazines  pub- 
lished in  the  interests  of  tlic  different  Bonrds  of  the  Church,  it  was 
recognized  by  all  that  it  would  be  very  difficult  to  find  a  man  thor- 
oughly fitted  for  the  position  of  editor  of  the  new  publication.  Tt 
needed  a  man  of  national  reputation,  broad  culture,  wide  experience, 
missionary  spirit,  well  acquainted  with  the  work  of  the  entire  Church. 
Quite  to  his  surprise,  though  not  to  the  surprise  of  his  friends.  Dr. 
Nelson  was  chosen  to  fill  the  important  position  of  editor  of  the 
Church  at  Honip  and  Ahroad.  Tlio  position  proved  to  be  one  of 
unusual  difficulty.  He  filled  it  with  honor  and  a  fair  degree  of 
success,  for  ten  years,  until,  on  reaching  the  age  of  77  years,  he 
thought  best   to   resign   the   laborious   duties    to   a   younger   man. 


204  SKETCHES    OF   MINISTERS. 

He  i?  now  a  resident  of  Wooster,  Ohio,  where  he  is  doing  a  quiet 
and  valuable  work  among-  the  Foreign  Missionaries^  families  tenj- 
l^orarily  i;esiding  there  for  the  sake  of  attending  the  University. 


CHAELBS  DEKAY  NOTT. 

The  second  Minister  of  the  Second  church  of  Kansas  City  was 
one  that  had  a  marked  influence  on  the  church  and  the  city, 
which  was  then  growing  very  rapidly.  Though  a  young  man  when 
he  came  among  us,  he  had  already  held  three  pastorates,  and  was 
then  in  the  height  of  his  power  as  a  speaker  and  of  his  usefulness  ah 
a  Minister.  His  first  pastorate  had  been  over  a  Dutch  Reformed 
cln-rch  in  New  Jersey,  the  other  two  over  Presbyterian  churolics 
in  New  York  and  Illinois.  Coming  from  a  family  of  Wealth  and 
high  standing  in  the  East,  he  was  unaccustomed  to  the  ways  of 
tne  West,  but.  soon  made  himself  popular  by  his  pulpit  ability,  hi? 
easy  manners  and  his  overflowing  wit. 

Of  him  and  his  work  here,  Dr.  T.  Hill  wrote  years  after  he 
left:  "Mr.  Nott  was  an  unusually  attractive  speaker;  genial,  ex- 
ceedingly kind  and  affable  in  all  his  intercourse  with  his  people: 
attentive  to  strangers,  and  particularly  so  to  young  men.  He  soon 
gathered  a  house  full,  and  more  room  was  required  for  the 
growing  congregation,  and  the  house  was  enlarged  for  the  accom- 
modation of  those  who  came.  At  no  time  in  the  history  of  the 
church  has  there  been  so  large  an  attendance  of  young  men,  especially 
strangers,  as  during  Mr.  Nott's  brief  pastorate." 

He  remained  here  less  than  two  years,  and  left  to  accept  a 
call  to  a  church  in  St.  Louis.  He  afterward  served  other  im- 
portant churches  in  the  West  and  in  the  East,  but  never  one  that 
he  loved  more  than  that  with  which  he  remained  so  short  a  time  here. 
It  is  pleasant  to  add  that,  at  the  time  this  pnl)lieation  goes  to  press,  Dr. 
Nott  is  again  tilling  the  pulpit  of  the  Second  church  for  a  few  months 
until  the  choice  of  a  new  Pastor 


HENRY  MARTYN    PAYNTER. 

The  only  sketch  of  this  brother  that  has  come  into  the  hands 
of  the  writer  of  these  sketches  is  his  biography  by  his  wife,  pub- 
lished by  Revell,  pp.  298.  From  this  it  appears  that  after  his  first 
pastorate  in  Vicksburg,  Miss.,  he  had  several  calls  to  pastoral 
charges,  of  which  he  accepted  that  to  Boonville,  Mo,,  in  the  fall 
of  1854.  "The  people  were  true  hearted  and  loyal,  his  preaching 
was  earnest  and  effective,  and  the  little  church  grew  and  flourished." 
His  services  seem  to  have  been   much   in    demand   by  neighboring 


H,  M.  PAYNTER.  305 

churches  among  which  he  held  many  evangelistic  and  communion 
services,  sometimes  attended  with  •  revivals.  "Pen  and  voice  were 
alike  consecrated  to  God."  His  sermons  were  frequently  published 
in  the  religious  press,  giving  a  hint  of  that  popularitv  which  later 
led  to  the  sale  of  more  than  20,000  copies  of  his  volumes  upon 
religious  subjects.  Thus  he  continued  the  quiet  duties  of  his  pas- 
torate imtil  after  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  "War,  when  (as  hap- 
pened to  many  another  minister  in  this  State)  he  was  compelled  to 
leave  his  home  and  church  under  circumstances  that  were  harsh 
and  could  not  easily  be  overlooked  or  forgotten.  Of  these  he 
himself  wrote: 

"The  writer  stayed  at  home,  quietly  attending  to  his  duties. 
He  neither  believed  in  nor  advocated  secession.  He  did  not  desire 
the  overthrow  of  the  Union  which  his  ancestors  had  helped  to  es- 
tablish. In  case  of  the  total  overthrow  of  the  Government,  he 
believed  that  the  position  of  Missouri  should  be  with  the  South. 
But  the  very  paper  in  which  that  idea  is  found  closed  with  a 
prayer  for  the  Union.  One  flag,  one  country,  one  destiny.  This 
was  his  feeling.  But  he  could  not  believe  that  all  the  guilt  of 
this  war  was  rightly  placed  at  the  door  of  the  South.  He  could  not 
join  in  the  cry  of  extermination,  nor  unite  in  the  wish  that  the 
South  should  be  laid  waste.  He  could  not  approve  of  confiscation 
by  military  violence.  He  claimed  the  right  of  an  American  citizen 
to  think  for  himself;  and  believed  in  the  doctrine  in  the  Confession 
of  Faith  in  the  Presbyterian  Church — tliat  God  alone  is  the  Lord 
of  the  conscience.  But  because  he  could  not  support  the  administra- 
tion in  all  its  acts,  because  he  was  not  an  unconditional  Union 
man,  so-called,  because  he  adhered  to  the  platform  for  which  he  cast 
his  vote  in  1860 — ^the  Union,  the  Constitution  and  the  enforce- 
ment of  laws' — he  fell  under  suspicion.  His  loyalty  was  doubted. 
He  was  called  a  rebel  and  a  traitor,  and  'his  troubles  began.' " 
After  several  arrests  and  imprisonments,  he  was  finally  banished 
from  the  State  of  IMissouri  to  tlie  State  of  Massachusetts,  August 
85,  18G2.  There  he  soon  found  friends  and  omployment  as  supply 
of  churches  in  Newburyport  and  Lynn.  He  never  returned  as  Pastor 
to  Boonville,  nor  was  ever  again  settled  as  Pastor  of  a  church  in  the 
South.  His  only  other  service  in  this  Presbytery  was  the  supply 
of  the  First  Church  of  Kansas  Citv  for  a  few  months  in  the  winter 
of  1882-3. 

BENTON  PIXLEY. 

No  sketch  of  this  brother  has  been  found.  Ho  was  one  of  the 
ministerial  nieml)ers  of  the  original  Harmony  Mission  party,  1821. 
He  appears  to  have  been  devoted  to  the  Mission,  especially  to  the 
work  of  mastering  the  Osage  language  and  translation,  until   the 


206  SKETCHES   OF  MINISTERS. 

removal  of  the  Osages  from  this  State.  He  and  others  of  the 
Missionaries  were  allowed  by  the  Board  to  withdraw  temporarily 
from  it  in  1831.  He  seems  never  to  have  returned  to  it.  That 
year  he  was  commissioned  by  the  A.  H.  M.  S.  to  preach  in  Inde- 
pendence, then  just  started.  Probably  he  died  soon  after,  as  we 
hear  nothing  more  of  him. 


WILLIAM  MELANCTHON  POCOCK. 

Among  the  more  recent  ex-members  of  this  Presbytery  few  have 
taken  so  high  a  place  in  its  councils  as  Mr.  Pocock,  who  for  five 
years  was  pastor  of  the  church  at  Clinton.  There  he  enjoyed  the 
confidence  and  affection  of  his  own  congregation  and  was  ever  one 
of  the  foremost  clergymen  and  citizens  of  the  place.  Coming  in 
the  prime  of  life,  he  soon  made  his  influence  quietly  but  effectively 
felt  for  good  in  many  ways.  His  experience  on  the  Home  Mission 
field  in  Kansas  led  to  his  being  given  a  place  almost  immediately 
upon  the  Home  Mission  Committee  of  this  Presbytery,  and  not  long 
after  to  its  chairmanship,  which  he  retained  as  long  as  he  was 
connected  actively  with  the  Presbytery.  He  was  also  elected  Mod- 
erator sooner  than  is  usual  after  being  a  member  of  the  body,  and 
later  a  commissioner  to  the  General  Assembly.  It  was  therefore 
with  much  regret  that  he  was  missed  from  the  work  he  loved  and 
in  which  he  was  so  useful.  Owing  to  continued  and  serious  ill 
health  he  was  compelled  to  resign  his  charge  and  seek  recuperation 
in  a  milder  climate.  He  did  not  remove  his  membership  from 
this  Presbytery  until  upon  the  recovery  of  his  health  he  accepted  a 
charge  in  Ohio. 


BENJAMIN  FRANKLIN"  POWELSON. 

Born  on  a  farm  in  that  part  of  Virginia  which  is  now  "West 
Virginia,  Mr.  Powelson  went  in  due  season  to  "Washington  College, 
Pa.,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1860.  Thence  he  went  to  "Western 
Theological  Seminary  where  he  remained  until  1862,  when  he  en- 
listed in  the  "Union  Army.  After  serving  his  country  as  Sergeant 
and  First  Lieutenant,  from  August,  1862,  to  October,  1865,  he  re- 
sumed his  theological  studies,  and  graduated  from  "Western  in  1867. 
Though  he  had  been  licensed  to  preach  several  months  before  enter- 
ing the  Army,  his  first  regular  preaching,  beginning  July  1,  1867, 
was  in  the  churches  of  Deep  water  and  Little  Osage,  then  in  connection 
with  the  Presbytery  of  Southwest  Missouri.  He  was  ordained  by 
that  Presbvtery,  September  10,  1868.  Of  his  work  in  that  field, 
Mr.  Powelson  writes:     "W^en  the  M.  K.  &  T.  R.  R.  in  1870  went 


BENJAMIN  FEANKLIN  POWELSON.  207 

through  that  region,  about  six  miles  southeast  of  the  Deepwater 
church,  so  many  moved  away  from  the  locality  that  the  old  church 
was  dissolved  and  a  new  one  effected  at  Montrose.  Dr.  Jones  gave 
much  labor  and  care  to  the  Deepwater  church.  I  relieved  him  in 
1867.  He  died  in  April,  1870,  was  ever  intensely  devoted  to  the 
interests  of  the  church.'  Of  his  other  work  in  the  bounds  of  this 
Presbytery,  he  writes :  "Took  active  part  in  this  organization 
(Montrose),  and  in  building  church.  Was  Stated  Supply  of  this 
church  till  January,  1876,  with  the  exception  of  nine  months, 
from  September,  1873,  to  June,  1874,  when  I  served  the  church  of 
Neosho,  Mo.  I  had  charge  of  Butler  Academy  from  January,  1876, 
to  May,  1879." 

LYCURGUS  RAILSBACK. 

One  of  the  most  remarkable  characters  that  was  ever  in  the 
ministry  among  us  was  the  Eev.  Lycurgus  Railsback.  None  ever 
knew  him  (and  few  ever  knew  of  him)  without  being  struck  with 
his  peculiar  personality,  totally  unlike  any  other  they  ever  met. 
None  that  ever  knew  him  can  forget  him.  No  sketch  that  might  be 
prepared  could  give  a  stranger  a  thoroughly  correct  idea  of  the 
man.  We  are  fortunate,  however,  in  being  able  to  present  a  sketch 
prepared  by  his  friend  and  Seminary  mate,  the  Rev.  W.  M.  New- 
ton, who  had  labored  by  him  and  with  him  under  a  great  variety  of 
circumstances.     He  writes: 

"The  Rev.  Lycurgus  Railsback  was  converted  when  he  was 
twenty-one  years  of  age,  under  the  ministry  of  the  Rev.  Thornton 
A.  Mills,  at  Indianapolis.  He  had  just  entered  upon  a  business 
career  with  brilliant  prospects  of  success.  He  at  once  gave  up  his 
business  to  prepare  for  the  ministry.  Having  no  money,  he  labored 
with  his  own  hands  to  pay  his  way  through  six  years  of  study  at 
Wabash  College.  He  graduated  in  1862.  In  1863,  in  the  midst 
of  his  course  in  Lane  Seminary,  he  went  into  the  Army  as  a  Mis- 
sionary. In  this  service  he  spent  one  year,  and  in  that  time  visited 
and  distributed  Christian  literature  to  seventy-five  thousand  soldiers. 
The  last  vear  of  the  war  he  was  commissioned  as  Chaplain.  Two 
hundred  of  his  regiment  were  converted.  After  the  war,  he  finished 
his  course  in  the  Seminary,  and  spent  two  years  in  Cincinnati  as 
a  City  Missionary.  Part  of  the  fruit  of  this  work  was  forty  converts, 
four  of  whom  entered  the  ministry  of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  The 
next  two  years  were  given  to  i\[iPsion  work  in  New  York  City.  Here 
he  set  on  foot  the  first  IMission  for  tlie  Chinese  in  this  country. 
Two  of  his  converts  in  this  Mission  went  to  China  as  IMissionaries. 

"From  1871  to  1875  he  was  Pastor  of  the  church  at  Juneau. 
Wis.  He  found  the  church  a  discouraged  handful,  about  to  dis- 
band.    His  pastorate  there,  was  a  succession  of  revivals.     A  hundred 


208  SKETCHES   OF  MINISTERS. 

and  sixteen  converts  were  added  to  the  church.  In  1875  he  was 
called  to  the  Third  Church  of  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  and  from  this  time 
until  the  close  of  his  life,  his  labors  were  chiefly  in  the  bounds  of 
Kansas  City  Presbytery.  He  had  charge  of  the  Third  Church 
for  eight  years.  Into  this  church  he  received  one  hundred  and  fifty- 
live  members.  Out  of  this  church,  during  his  pastorate,  grew  [in 
part]  the  Central  Presbyterian  Church  of  Armourdale  [now  called 
the  Central  Church  of  Kansas  Cit}',  Kan.]  Also  twenty-'^even  mem- 
bers of  the  congregation  [were  among  those  that]  united  to  form 
the  First  Presbvterian  Church  of  Kansas  City,  Kan.,  and  ten  others 
[among  those  that] formed  the  Fourth  Church  of  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

"The  last  fourteen  years  of  his  life  were  devoted  chiefly  to 
evangelistic  work,  chiefly  in  the  country  and  village  churches  of 
Kansas  City  Presbytery.  In  these  years  he  held  over  seventy  series  of 
meetings.  He  left  no  record  of  their  results;  but  when  he  died, 
it  was  estimated  that  more  than  half  the  membership  of  the  churches 
in  which  he  labored  were  converted  in  his  revival  meetings.  The 
last  two  years  of  his  life  he  held  the  office  of  Pastor-at-large  of  the 
Presbytery.  In  his  last  report  to  the  Presbytery,  after  deploring 
the  meagerness  of  results  as  compared  with  other  years,  he  sums  up 
the  work  as  follows:  'Held  222  services;  made  243  visits;  prayed  in 
75  families;  received  into  the  churches  78  members.^ 

"Mr.  Railsback  had  remarkable  gifts  as  an  Evangelist.  His 
methods  never  lost  their  freshness  and  power.  Indeed  he  had  little 
method,  except  to  pray  and  preach  with  tremendous  energy  and  per- 
sistence. Churches  came  to  expect  that  as  a  matter  of  course  there 
would  be  a  revival  when  Mr.  Railsback  came.  We  never  knew  a 
church  to  be  disappointed.  Distinguished  Evangelists  sometimes 
fail.  We  never  knew  him  to  fail.  Distinguished  Evangelists  will 
not  go  back  to  the  same  churches  except  after  an  interval  of  years. 
Mr.  Railsback  returned  to  the  same  churches  year  after  year  with 
increasing  power.  There  are  churches  in  this  Presbytery  in  which 
he  has  held  as  many  as  six  series  of  meetings;  and  from  every  one 
of  them  he  came  bringing  in  his  sheaves. 

"'Wliat  were  the  elements  of  his  success?  He  was  a  preacher  of 
unusual  power.  He  was  somewhat  handicapped  by  defects  in  his 
early  education,  and  it  was  easy  to  point  out  defects  in  his  sermons 
and  manner  of  delivery,  l)ut  he  possessed  in  large  measure  the  natural 
elements  of  eloquence.  As  a  speaker  he  was  magnetic,  s^'-mpathetic, 
mightily  in  earnest  and  frequently  broadly  humorous.  He  had  a 
remarkable  way  of  changing  instantly  from  humorous  sally  to  the 
most  tender  and  earnest  appeals.  He  was  unlike  anybody  else,  a 
law  unto  himself.  A  common  saying  among  his  acquaintances  was: 
'There  is  but  one  Railsback.'  An  editor  reporting  one  of  his  col- 
lege speeches  says:  'Lycurgus  Railsback  had  the  merit  of  natural- 
ness par  excellence.     He  is  decidedly  like  himself,  and  unlike  every- 


LYCUEGUS  RAILSBACK.  209 

body  else.  We  always  like  to  hear  him  speak.  It  is  so  refreshing  to 
hear  one  who  goes  in  without  fear  of  transgressing  the  established 
rules."     These  characteristics  he  always  retained. 

"  Mr.  Eailsback  had  great  tact  in  conversation  with  the  un- 
converted, especially  among  those  classes  with  whom  it  was  his  pre- 
ference to  labor.  Under  cover  of  his  peculiar  humor,  he  could  get 
very  close  to  a  man,  and  pour  in  convicting  truth  into  his  mind 
without  offending  him.  He  was  untiringly  persistent  in  pleading 
with  individuals.  Indifference,  rebuff  or  opposition  he  paid  no  heed 
to;  and  where  other  ministers  would  have  thought  there  was  nothing 
more  to  be  done,  he  had  only  just  begun.  Yet  he  had  always  a  deep 
sense  of  dependence  upon  God,  and  while  he  labored  most  abundantly, 
he  wrestled  with  God  as  Jacob  wrestled  of  old  with  the  Angel," 

To  this  eulogistic  notice  it  is  proper  to  add  a  few  words.  Mr. 
Eailsback's  methods,  both  in  the  church  and  out  of  it,  were  so 
unique  that  he  naturally  made  some  enemies  as  well  as  many  friends. 
But  none  could  deny  his  intense  earnestness,  in  everything  he  under- 
took, however  much  they  differed  from  his  judgment.  No  field  was 
too  hard  for  him  or  too  uninviting.  Sometime  before  coming  to 
Kansas  City  he  wrote  to  Svnodical  Missionary  Timothy  Hill  a  letter 
different  from  those  usually  sent  to  such  Superintendents  of  Mis- 
sions. He  said :  "I  am  now  wishing  to  enter  some  work,  and  still 
think  of  Kansas  City.  You  wrote  me  a  year  ago  that  there  was  no 
field  open  there.  I  wish  again  to  ask  in  regard  to  three  different 
fields  of  labor:  First,  could  work  among  colored  people  be  made  a 
specialty?^  Second,  is  there  any  Mission  field,  building  up  a  Sab- 
bath school  and  church  among  the  poor?  Third,  are  there  any 
small  new  churches  in  or  near,  say  twenty  miles  of  Kansas  City? 
I  do  not  write  to  you  from  the  fact  that  there  are  no  openings  for  me 
elsewhere."     *     * 

In  the  summer  of  1883  one  of  the  Kansas  City  papers  contained 
the  following  account,  under  the  heading,  "]\Iixing  Religions:"  "A 
pleasant  incident  of  practical  fraternity  in  church  work  occurred 
yesterday.  Among  recent  converts  added  to  Eev.  Dr.  Eailsback's 
Presbyterian  church  in  West  Kansas  City  were  two  railroad  men, 
who  desired  to  be  baptized  by  immersion.  To  accommodate  them 
the  baptistery  of  Calvary  Baptist  church  was  tendered.  But  here 
came  in  another  query.  Eev.  Dr.  Eailsback  could  not  baptize  them, 
the  doctrines  of  his  Church  prohibiting  such  a  course,^  and  the 
Pastor  of  the  Calvary  church  had  to  decline  because  the  men  were 
not  members  of  his  Church.  In  this  emergency  Eev.  E.  M.  Barns, 
Pastor  of  the  G.  A.  M.  E.  church,  was  asked  to  officiate  and  kindly 
consented.    A  Presbyterian  baptized  in  a  Baptist  pool  by  a  Methodist 

1.  He  was  chaplain  of  a  Negro  regiment  during  the  Civil  War,  widely  known  as  the 
"singing  regiment."  He  always  had  great  interest  in  colored  people,  and  influence  over 
them. 

2.  We  believe  he  did  not  so  construe  them  in  Bimllar  instances  later. 


210  SKETCHES   OP  MINISTERS. 

minister  is  something  unique."    But  incidents  as  unique  were  by  no 
means  uncommon  in  the  work  of  Mr.  Railsback. 


GEOEGE  A.  M.  EEN^SHAW. 

The  sketch  of  this  excellent  brother  belongs  perhaps  rather 
under  the  history  of  the  Presbytery  of  Ozark  than  under  that  of 
Kansas  City,  but  is  given  in  part  here  on  account  of  his  close  con- 
nection with  the  other  members  and  cliurelies  of  the  origaial  Presby- 
tery of  Harmony,  later  known  as  Osage  and  Kansas  City.  Though 
settled  over  the  Mt.  Zion  church  in  Greene  county,  he  preached  in 
the  early  days  as  far  north  as  Henry  county,  which  is  within  our 
bounds.  He  was  perhaps  a  typical  specimen  of  the  East  Tennessee 
preachers  that  did  so  much  for  the  establishment  of  Presbyterianism 
in  this  region.  A  long  obituary  notice  of  him,  from  the  pen  of  L.  R. 
Morrison,  June  18,  1857,  appeared  in  the  Presbyterian  WHness,  from 
which  we  quote  a  few  paragraphs: 

"On  coming  to  Missouri  he  took  charge  of  the  infant  church  of 
Mt.  Zion,  of  which  he  died  the  Pastor.  On  surveying  the  work  before 
him,  he  seemed  to  have  viewed  it  probable  that  to  do  it  would 
cost  him  his  life.  And  though  his  humility  never  dared  to  speak 
the  bold  language  of  the  Apostle,  yet  day  by  day  he  lived  the  senti- 
ments, 'None  of  these  things  move  me;  neither  I  count  my  life  dear 
unto  myself,  so  that  I  might  finish  my  course  with  joy,  and  the 
ministry  which  I  have  received  of  the  Lord  Jesus,  to  testify  the 
Gospel  of  the  grace  of  God.'  To  meet  his  Presbytery  and  Synod 
was  often  a  journey  of  four  hundred  miles,  forth  and  back,  facing 
tlie  heavy,  piercing  prairie  wind  by  day  and  lodging  at  night  in  such 
shanties  as  he  might  find;  and  returning  home  but  to  prolong  the 
endurance  of  the  same  hardships  the  year  around — living,  lodging, 
preaching  in  cabins — how  assisting  his  feeble,  uncomplaining  wife 
on  washing  day — now  taking  her  place  when  sickness  prostrates  her 
— now  cutting  and  sledding  wood  till  drenched  with  perspiration 
and  forthwith  away  across  the  chilly  prairie,  on  an  errand  or  an 
appointment.  Soon  bronchitis,  neuralgia,  rheumatism,  anno  nice 
their  presence.  *  *  Thus  Bro.  Eenshaw  lived,  labored,  suffered  on 
losing,  it  would  seem,  his  sense  of  pain  in  the  joys  of  his  Master's 
work — wearing  a  smile  that  told  of  a  fountain  of  inward  kindness 
and  comforts  of  which  his  modesty  seldom  dared  to  speak — seldom 
daring  to  speak  of  his  successes,  though  he  was  seldom  many  months 
without  having  new  seals  to  his   ministry.     *     * 

"In  all  his  relations  as  a  man  and  a  Minister,  Brother  R.  was 
a  model  man.  And  after  all  we  have  said  of  him,  we  feel,  as  he 
would  often  express  himself,  on  the  higher  themes  of  the  Savior's 
loveliness,  'What  we  have  said  seems  almost  slander.'    As  a  preacher 


G.  A.  M.  KENSHAW.  211 

he  was  always  pertinent,  concise,  and  simple.  More  anxious  to  be 
understood  than  admired,  I  doubt  whether  he  ever  attempted  to 
frame  an  eloquent  sentence  in  his  life.  Yet  he  was  often  eloquent, 
never  contemptible.  Excessive  distrust  of  his  own  abilities  put 
upon  him  constant  application  to  the  sacred  writers  and  the  more 
evangelical  poets  for  forms  of  idea  and  expressions;  and  yet  you 
would  feel,  as  few  other  men  could  make  you  feel,  that  neither  indo- 
lence nor  pedantry  is  there,  but  that  the  speaker  has  such  a  rever- 
ence for  his  holy  theme  he  dares  trust  its  utterance  to  no  language 
but  such  as  the  Holy  Ghost  teacheth.     *     * 

''If  he  had  been  less  fearful  of  unfitting  himself  for  the  ser- 
vice of  the  lowly,  by  reciprocating  the  courtesies  of  more  cultivated 
society;  if  he  had  extended  his  hand  less  timorously  to  accept  the 
deferential  welcome  with  which  intelligent  society  everywhere  greeted 
him;  if  he  could  have  seen  how  little  there  is  in  the  frost  work  of 
fashion,  the  inflations  of  pride,  the  pomposities  of  wealth,  to  inti- 
midate such  a  man  as  he,  we  think  he  might  have  spent  his  life 
somewhat  more  comfortably  to  himself  and  usefully  to  men.  But 
his  faults — if  faults  they  were — were  such  as  few  men  are  in  danger 
of  imitating.  They  seem  to  us  but  the  shadows  of  a  bashful  tem- 
perament cast  over  his  Christian  humility.  He  has  done  his  work, 
and  done  it  well.     May  we  so  follow  him  as  he  followed  Christ." 

As  Dr.  Handy  wrote,  "he  was  a  noble  fellow,  exceedingly  amiable 
and  pious,  a  fine  extempore  preacher,  but  modest  in  the  extreme.  In 
his  dress  and  manners  he  was  plain  and  humble.'^  Would  that  we 
had  more  like  him  to-day ! 

WILLIAM  COMB  REQUA. 

The  longest  lived  member  ever  connected  with  this  Presbyter/ 
was  the  Rev.  Wni.  C.  Requa,  a  member  of  the  first  Missionary  band 
sent  out  from  New  York  (1820)  to  the  Mission  among  the  Osages 
in  the  Indian  Territory.  He  was  later  transferred  to  the  Harmony 
Mission,  in  the  neighborhood  of  which  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his 
long  and  useful  life.  The  only  sketches  of  his  life  that  we  have 
seen  are  these  that  appear  in  the  family  genealogy  (The  Family  of 
Requa,  1678-1898,  pp.  41-42)  and  one  prepared  for  the  press  at  the 
time  of  his  death  by  Dr.  Timothy  Hill,  from  both  of  which  extensive 
quotations  are  here  made. 

The  notice  in  the  genealogy  says:  "The  Rev.  William  Comb 
[Requa]  whose  picture  is  here  given,*  studied  at  North  Salem  Acad- 
emy, N.  Y.,  and  wont  out  in  1820,  under  the  direction  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Board  [United  Foreign  Missionary  Society]  as  missionary 
to  the  Osage  Indians  at  Fort  Gibson,  Ark.,  [now  I.  T.].  Washii^ton 
Irving,  in  one  of  his  works,  pays  a  high  compliment  to  his  former 

*As  we  were  unable  to  obtain  a  photograpli  of  any  of  the  missionaries  or  of  the 
buildings  of  Harmony  Mission,  the  woodcut  of  Dr.  Requa,  (facing  p.  44)  which  is  not 
very  good,  is  the  only  pictorial  reminder  of  the  Mission  we  are  able  to  present. 


212  SKETCHES   OF  MINISTERS. 

neighbor  and  friend,  Rev.  William  Comb  Requa,  whose  Mission  sta- 
tion he  visited  in  one  of  his  excursions  to  the  far  West.  Two  years 
later,  in  1822,  the  Rev.  William  Comb  married  Susan  Comstoek,  by 
whom  he  had  two  children.  In  1832  the  Mission  was  disbanded,  and 
]\Ir.  Requa  removed  with  his  family  to  [the  vicinity  of]  Butler,  Bates 
county.  Mo.,  wiierc  he  took  up  (jroverument  land,  being  allowed  a 
bounty  for  his  services  in  the  war  of  1812.  In  1833  his  lirst  wife 
died;  and  in  1837  he -married  Jane  Montgomery,  who  lived  only 
one  year.  In  1840  he  married  Sarah  A.  Xutting,  by  whom  he  had 
nine  children.  He  was  farmer,  physician  and  preacher,  having 
erected  a  church  in  which  he  held  services  on  the  Sabbath. 

"During  the  Civil  War  his  church  and  buildings  were  burned, 
and  his  family  compelled  to  seek  safety  in  Kansas.  Mr.  Requa  en- 
joyed a  long  and  eventful  life.  Born  under  the  administration 
of  Washington,  he  outlived  both  Lincoln  and  Grant.  A  soldier  of 
the  war  of  1812,  he  also  suffered  much  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion. 
Prom  the  classic  halls  of  North  Salem  Academy,  N.  Y.,  he  vol- 
unteered to  go  as  a  teacher  and  physician  to  the  Indians  on  tbc 
frontier.  Parts  of  the  New  Testament  he  translated  into  the  Osage 
tongue,  and  gave  twelve  years  of  his  early  life  exclusively  to  Mis- 
sionary work. 

"His  biographer  writes:  "^A  leading  trait  of  his  character  was 
his  conscientious  performance  of  duty.  Being  for  many  years  the 
only  physician  and  almost  the  only  minister  for  many  miles  around, 
he  was  kept  fully  employed,  often  by  night  as  well  as  day.  No  call 
was  ever  neglected.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that  he  was  paid  for  his 
medical  services,  for  he  has  often  been  heard  to  say  that 
one  dollar  was  all  that  he  ever  received  for  preaching. 
Yet  his  preaching  appointments  were  all  met.  The  love 
of  Christ  constrained  him  to  labor  on  till  obliged  by  old  agS  to 
simply  wait  the  coming  of  the  Master.'  Mr.  Requa  died  in  1886,  in 
his  92d  year,  having  practiced  as  a  physician  and  preached  the  Gospel 
sixty  years.  His  living  children,  with  one  exception,  reside  in  Bales 
County,  Mo.    They  are  all  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church." 

In  the  sketch  prepared  by  Dr.  Hill  it  is  said:  "From  his  name 
and  the  region  whence  he  came,  he  was  undoubtedly  of  Huguenot 
ancestry,  than  which  no  better  blood  has  ever  been  found  in  this  or 
any  other  country."  'The  Family  of  Requa,'  above  mentioned,  shows 
that  he  was  the  fifth  in  descent  from  Gabriel  Requa,  a  Huguenot 
l)orn  near  Rochelle,  France,  1678,  who  emigrated  first  with  his  parents 
to  England,  and  in  December,  1689,  to  America,  settling  at  New 
Rochelle,  N.  Y.  In  the  Mission  among  the  Osages  in  the  Indian 
Territory  "Mr.  Requa  is  at  first  designated  as  farmer  and  mechanic, 
but  soon  after  is  designated  as  catechist  and  superintendent — indi- 


W.  C.  REQUA.  213 

eating  that  his  particular  business  was  to  look  after  the  secular 
affairs  of  the  Mission,  while  he  was  at  the  same  time  expected  to 
exercise  his  gifts  as  religious  teacher  in  a  manner  less  formal  than 
by  regularly  preaching  the  Gospel.  The  Osage  Mission  had  two 
centers  of  operations,  one  at  Union  in  the  Indian  Territory,  and  the 
other  at  Harmony  in  Bates  County,  Mo.  Mr.  Eequa's  life  was  chiefly 
spent  in  connection  with  the  work  in  the  Territory;  but  he  came  at 
length  to  the  neighborhood  of  the  Harmony  ]\rission,  and  settled 
for  his  home.  He  acquired  the  language  of  the  Osages  sufficiently 
to  impart  to  them  much  religious  instruction  in  it,  and  he  was  useful 
to  them  as  a  physician.  I  have  not  been  able  to  find  the  date  of  his 
regular  ordination  as  a  minister.  It  was  undoul)tedly  only  after  he 
hafl  l)ecome  somewhat  advanced  in  life.  His  name  appears  in  the 
^rinutcs  of  the  Assembly  as  a  member  of  the  Presbytery  of  Osage  for 
the  first  time  in  1840,  as  Stated  Supply  for  the  Little  Osage  Church. 
"Mr.  Requa  was  the  last  of  the  Mission  band  to  abandon  the 
Osages,  and  only  gave  up  when  repeated  removals  and  continued 
opposition  rendered  it  apparent  that  little  could  be  done  for  their 
welfare.  He  did  not  see  the  measiire  of  success  that  he  expected ;  but 
in  his  case,  as  in  many  others,  the  Foreign  Missionary  was  the  pioneer 
Home  Missionary,  and  the  work  done  for  the  Indian  prepared  the  way 
for  the  Church  with  the  Indians'  stronger  brother,  the  white  man. 
In  a  quiet  and  peaceful  age,  this  man  who  bore  untold  and  long 
continued  hardships,  descended  to  his  final  rest,  falling  to  sleep  in 
Jesus,  June  3,  1886,  at  the  ripe  age  of  92,  much  the  senior  in  age  of 
any  in  this  Synod.  No  other  man  connected  with  it  has  ever  attained 
equal  age.  May  we  who  remain  emulate  his  faith,  his  industry  and 
patience,  till  the  Master  shall  call  each  in  His  time  to  our  final  rest." 


DAVID    SCHLEY    SCHAFF. 

The  present  Professor  of  Church  History  in  Lane  Theological 
Seminary  is  too  well  known  to  need  any  extended  sketch  here. 
Though  he  had  had  but  one  pastorate  before  coming  to  Kansas  City, 
he  came  with  a  mind  unusually  well  stored  and  with  a  thorough 
training  in  a^  matters  literary  and  ecclesiastical,  such  as  might  have 
been  expected  of  the  son  of  Dr.  Philip  Schaff,  the  eminent  Church 
Historian,  and  of  one  that  had  enjoyed  the  best  that  could  be  given 
by  American  and  foreign  ITniversity  training.  He  at  'incc  took 
bigb  rank  among  us  for  his  pulpit  abilitv.  and  for  the  thoroughness 
with  which  he  did  all  his  work.  From  1884  to  1887  he  was  the 
efficient  Stated  Clerk  of  this  Presbytery,  which,  on  his  departure 
from  the  Pastorate,  placed  on  record  its  appreciation  of  him  as  "an 
accomplished  scholar,  an  excellent  pastor  and  preacher,  and  a  most 
efficient  co-presbyter.''     It  also  bore  testimony  to  his  "very  success- 


214  SKETCHES   OF  MINISTEBS. 

ful  work  in  the  First  Church,  the  membership  of  which,  during  his 
ministry  of  five  years,  has  been  increased  by  the  addition  of  about  250 
names,  and  their  new  property  secured,  valued  at  about  $70,000." 


WILLIAM  HENEY  SMITH. 

One  of  the  few  men  ordained  by  the  first  Osage  Presbytery  was 
Mr.  Smith,  who  proved  one  of  its  strongest  New  School  and  anti- 
slavery  members.  He  began  work  in  Hickory  and  Polk  counties  in 
1849.  In  one  of  his  letters  from  that  field  he  gives  a  graphic  picture 
of  conditions  then  prevailing  in  this  part  of  the  country,  from  which 
it  may  be  interesting  to  quote  a  paragraph.  He  says:  "There  are 
causes  which  seem  to  hinder  the  rapid  growth  of  the  first.  The 
Gospel  has  to  contend  against  Antinomianism,  Two-  Seedism,  Camp- 
bellism,  etc.  And  a  serious  hindrance  to  the  progress  of  pure  and 
undefiled  religion  is  an  uneducated  ministry.  Ephemeral  preachers 
are  numerous.  They  have  come  up  over  the  land  like  the  frogs  upon 
Egypt,  and  seriously  injure  the  influence  of  an  educated  ministry. 
Many  of  them  are  great  lovers  of  whisky,  and  doggedly  oppose  all 
benevolent  operations.  With  many  like  themselves  they  have  weight. 
They  have  degraded  the  pulpit  very  much,  and  in  many  instances 
cause  the  doc*trine  according  to  godliness  to  be  evil  spoken  of  .  Such 
preachers  will  have  their  day  and  then  pass  away.  My  two  churches 
are  thirty-five  miles  apart.  At  one  I  preach  twice  a  month,  at  the 
other  once.  One  of  the  congregations  has  resolved  to  build  a  church 
this  year,  notwithstanding  their  feebleness.  Most  of  the  places  of 
worship  are  wretched  log  cabins." 

Another  letter  written  from  Calhoun  in  1853  says:  "I  have 
now  six  regular  places  of  preaching,  and  intend  (Providence  permit- 
ting) to  preach  at  another  place  next  Sabbath  evening.  Five  of 
these  places  are  in  this  county  and  two  in  Pettis  county.  My  field  is 
too  large  for  one  sower  of  our  faith ;  I  cannot  cultivate  it  properly." 
He  then  goes  on  to  tell  of  the  encouraging  features  of  his  work  and 
to  describe  a  visit  to  the  bedside  of  a  dying  slave,  whose  dying  mis- 
tress only  a  few  weeks  before  had  exhorted  him  to  meet  her  in 
Heaven.  In  another  letter  he  reports  an  interesting  revival  in  the 
Calhoun  (Salem)  Church,  in  1855,  and  adds:  "This  people  have 
not  erected  a  house  of  worship  in  vain." 

His  letters  all  have  a  cheerful  tone  until  about  the  time  of  the 
withdrawal  of  the  A.  H.  M.  S.  from  work  in  Missouri,  which  he 
seriously  regretted,  as  it  led  to  the  disorganization  of  the  New  School 
work  in  this  state,  and  to  the  disintegration  of  the  Presbytery  of 
Osage.  He  was  one  of  the  last  to  leave  it,  going  to  Kansas  about 
1860.  In  June,  1857.  he  wrote  the  Secretary  of  the  Missouri  Home 
Missionary  Society,  giving  an  account  of  the  wreck  of  the  Presbytery 


W.  H.  SMITH.  215 

then  existing:  "I  cannot  be  sustained  without  aid  from  abroad,  and 
unless  that  comes  I  must  either  leave  the  state  or  resort  to  some 
secular  occupation.  Now  when  the  immigration  to  this  region  is 
immense,  when  the  eastern  people  as  well  as  others  are  settling  up 
our  prairies,  we  are  crippled  by  the  want  of  proper  support — must 
leave  in  a  great  measure  the  work  of  the  ministry  to  obtain  a  living ! 
Our  Church  is  not  going  to  do  much  in  western  Missouri  without 
preachers  can  be  placed  in  circumstances  to  labor  more  effectively. 
Bro.  Jones,  because  of  his  age  and  affliction  of  the  throat,  is  thinking 
about  giving  up  his  charge.  Bro.  Bradshaw  is  almost  superannuated. 
Bro.  Eequa  is  practicing  medicine  and  is  not  doing  much  in  the 
ministry;  and  Bro.  Renshaw  has  recently  deceased,  so  that  you  see  we 
are  weak  in  men  and  means — not  so  much  in  means  perhaps  as  in 
disposition  to  aid  in  supporting  the  Gospel." 

In  the  absence  of  the  records  of  the  original  Osage  Presbytery 
one  other  letter  is  worth  quoting  in  part.  It  was  written  in  1871, 
evidently  from  memory  rather  than  from  written  memoranda.  In 
answer  to  some  inquiries  by  Dr.  Timothy  Hill,  he  wrote:  'Tour 
list  as  sent  me  is  not  exactly  correct,  in  the  matter  of  ordination.  I 
send  one  so  far  as  I  know.  Ministers — N.  B.  Dodge,  A.  Jones 
(ordained),  E.  P.  '^oel,  B.  Eyland,  G.  A.  M.  Eenshaw,  I.  B. 
Ricketts,  I.  W.  K.  Handy,  C.  Bradshaw,  D.  Weir,  W.  C.  Requa 
(ordained),  Wm.  H.  Smith  (ordained),  A.  G.  Taylor,  D.  Emerson, 
J.  V.  Barks  (ordained).  L.  R.  Morrison,  A.  W.  Morrison  (ordained), 
John  McMillan,  G.  W.  Harlan  (ordained).  Churches — Little  Osage, 
Vernon  Co. ;  Deepwater,  Henry  Co. ;  Marmateau,  Vernon  Co. ;  Mt. 
Zion,  Greene  Co. :  Warsaw,  Benton  Co. ;  Salem,  Henry  Co. ;  Beihesda  : 
Harmony,  Bates  Co. :  Mt.  Pleasant,  Benton  Co. ;  Hermon,  Polk  Co. ; 
Springfield,  Greene  Co. ;  ISTorth  Prairie,  Hickory  Co. ;  Bentonvillc, 
Benton  Co..  Ark. :  Fayetteville,  Fayette  Co.,  Ark. ;  Now  Hope,  Car- 
roll Co.,  Ark.,  Gasconade,  Wright  Co.,  Georgetown  Pettis  Co. : 
Cold  Neck,  Pettis  Co.;  Moreau,  Pettis  Co.;  Little  Tebo,  Benton  Co.; 
Walnut  Grove,  Greene  Co. ;  Red  Hill,  Greene  Co.''  This  list  gives  a 
goofl  idea  of  the  extent  of  the  primitive  Presbytery,  which  covered  all 
our  present  territory,  part  of  that  now  belonging  to  St.  Louis  Pres- 
bytery, and  all  that  now  belonging  to  the  Presbytery  of  Ozark. 


DWIGHT  KELLOGG  STEELE. 

The  following  sketch  is  contributed  by  one  of  Mr.  Steele's  War- 
rensburg  parishioners. 

"The  pastorate  of  the  Rev.  D.  K.  Steele  in  Warrens^burg  was 
marked  by  the  degree  of  advancement  along  all  lines  of  church  work. 
Rev.  Steele  was  a  man  of  strong  individuality  and  deep  convictions. 
He  made  no  pretensions  to  being  a   brilliant  speaker,   but  simply 


216  SKETCHES   OF  MINISTERS. 

preached  Christ  and  Him  crucified.  He  was  gifted  in  prayer;  and 
many  souls  were  led  to  see  the  light  by  his  earnest  pleadings  at  the 
throne  of  grace.  Often,  as  the  years  roll  by  and  the  congregation 
congratulates  itself  on  the  present  prosperity  of  the  church,  it  can  say 
with  satisfaction  that  this  is  the  result  in  a  large  measure  of  the 
prayers  and  tears  on  bended  knees  of  Rev.  Steele  and  his  devoted  wife. 

"Soon  after  beginning  his  work  here,  Rev.  Steele  organized  the 
first  Young  People's  Society  ever  organized  in  this  city,  which  in 
these  later  years  is  called  the  Christian  Endeavor  Society,  and  is  the 
strong  right  arm  of  this  church.  About  that  time,  Mrs.  Steele,  who 
always  had  the  spiritual  welfare  of  the  children  at  heart,,  organized 
them  into  a  Mission  Band.  These  children,  from  that  early  train- 
ing, have  become  Christian  workers  in  different  departments  of  the 
church,  especially  in  the  Sabbath  school,  which  was  formerly  held  at 
the  'Mission  Chapel  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church'  in  the  eastern 
part  of  town,  where  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Steele  were  true  Home  Missionaries. 

"Rev.  Steele  was  the  first  Pastor  of  this  church  to  annually 
observe  Children's  Day  and  Easter  with  appropriate  exercises.  From 
that  time  this  church  has  always  celebrated  these  events  with  due 
ceremony.  But  'Chicken  Pie  Supper' — most  emphatically  a  Presby- 
terian institution  of  this  church — is  the  annual  reminder  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Steele.  It  was  given  in  November,  the  Friday  night  before 
Thanksgiving,  every  year  during  their  stay  with  this  church,  and 
has  been  observed  every  year  since  that  time,  until  now  it  is  not 
only  a  Presbyterian  but  a  Warrensburg  event  to  which  all  our  citizens 
hungrily  look  forward.     Financially  it  is  a  great  success." 


ROBERT  SMITH  SYMINGTON. 

The  following  letter  was  received  in  Feb.,  1900,  from  Dr.  Sym- 
ington, then  a  resident  of  Danville,  Cal.  A  reference  to  the  original 
records  of  the  Presbyteries  shows  that  the  Doctor  is  slightly  wrong 
on  some  of  his  dates,  which  can  well  be  excused  after  a  lapse  of  over 
50  years.  The  letter  was  written  in  reply  to  a  letter  of  inquiry  by  the 
Rev.  John  B.  Hill,  who  desired  information  concerning  the  early 
ministers  and  churches  of  the  Presbytery  of  Kansas  Citv.  The  reply 
covers  that  point  and  several  other  points  of  interest,  especially  to 
the  older  residents  of  Jackson  County.  The  part  of  the  letter  relating 
to  himself  and  to  Jackson  County  is  as  follows : 

In  1847,  *  the  Synod  of  Missouri  met  in  Lexington, 
Lafayette  County.  The  Home  Mission  Committee  reported 
a  vast  field  of  labor  opening  up  in  the  western  part  of  Missouri 
and  in  Kansas  Territory,  of  which  Independence  was  the  center.  A 
New  School  church  had  already  been  organized  there,  and  the  Rev. 

-  ^Record  shows  1849. 


E.  S.  SYMINGTON.  217 

F.  R.  Gray  was  laboring  among  them  as  Stated  Suppl)^  But  there 
were  a  few  Old  School  brethren  residing  there,  who  did  not  co-operate 
with  them.  A  short  time  previous  to  this  the  Rev.  W.  H.  Hall,  from 
Kentucky,  and  Dr.  Yantis,  then  Pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  church 
at  Lexington  Mo.,  held  a  meeting  and  gathered  quite  a  congrega- 
tion around  them.  When  Synod  met  at  Lexington,  Brother  Patton, 
one  of  the  number,  was  sent  down  to  procure,  if  possible,  a  Stated 
Supply,  or  Missionary  to  labor  among  them.  Dr.  Yantis  proposed  that 
I  should  be  sent  "to  preach  at  Independence  and  in  the  regions 
beyond."  The  Missouri  Presbytery  to  which  I  belonged,  met  on  the 
floor  of  Synod,  and  I  was  transferred  to  the  Presbytery  of  Lafayette, 
and  by  it  sent  as  a  Missionary  to  that  field.  At  the  next  meeting 
of  Lafayette  Presbytery  a  Committee  was  appointed 
to  organize  a  church  at  Independence,  which  was  accordingly  done.  I 
was  elected  Pastor.  With  no  church,  no  Sabbath  school,  an  organiza- 
tion of  only  ten  members,  it  was  quite  discouraging.  And  when  we 
met  in  the  "Old  Court  House" — about  three  in  each  corner  and  one 
to  lead  the  singing,  standing  by  the  Judge's  stand,  which  was  my 
pulpit — it  was  quite  chilly. 

In  1849  came  the  California  gold  fever,  and  with  it  the  Asiatic 
cholera.  Two  of  Bro.  Gray's  church  officers  died  of  cholera.  He 
resigned  his  charge,  and  the  night  he  preached  his  farewell  sermon 
(his  text  was:  "Not  this  man  but  Barabbas.")  an  explosion  of  gun- 
powder occurred,  which  shook  the  church  to  pieces.  The  lot  and  the 
debris  were  sold  to  the  Baptist  brethren.  This  left  us  an  open  field. 
The  following  year  we  erected  a  large  and  elegant  brick  church,  and 
paid  for  it.  Our  membership  now  numbered  sixty.  By  permission 
of  Session,  I  have  always  used  my  fifth  Sabbaths  and  the  4  o'clock 
p.  m.  hour  for  Missionary  labor. 

In  1848  I  gathered  a  few  Presbyterian  people  together  in  Jack- 
son county,  near  Sibley,  and  Presbytery  organized  them  into  the  Six 
Miles  Church.  Shortly  after  the  Pleasant  Hill  Church  was  organized 
in  Cass  county.  For  each  of  these  cliurches  a  commodious  brick  Ilmu-c 
was  erected  and  paid  for.  In  1850  a  few  Presbyterian  families 
located  in  Westport,  a  few  miles' west  of  Independence,  on  the 
border  line  of  Missouri.  To  these  people  I  preached  occasionally, 
and  soon  after  this  a  church  was  organized,  and  a  L^nion  church  was 
built. 

In  1851  the  North  ^lissouri  Presbytery  was  organized, ^ 
oml)ra('ing  the  territory  north  of  the  Missouri  River  to  the 
Iowa  line  and  east  as  far  as  the  west  line  of  the  Missouri  Presbytery. 
Within  this  boundary  were  a  great  many  feeble  churches.  Rev.  R. 
H.  Allen  and  T  were  appointed  Evangelists  to  visit  these  churches 
and   hold    special    meetings    with    thorn,    and    to   organize    churches 

1.  In    this    place  and  above,  the  doctor  should  have  said  the  "Prpsl)ytery  of  Up- 
per Missouri."    The  Presbytery  of  Lafayette  was  not  organized  until  1857. 

2    He  evidently  refers  to  the  Presbytery  of  Upper  Missouri,  organized  in   1844. 
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218  SKETCHES   OF  MINISTERS. 

in  destitute  places.  That  year  I  preached  three  hundred  and  sixty 
sermons  and  lectures.  This  proved  too  much  for  me.  When  the 
excitement  of  the  occasion  was  over,  I  found  myself  prostrated 
with  "minister's  sore  throat."  I  found  it  necessary  to  give  up  my 
charge  at  Independence,  which  I  did  the  following  year. 

In  1852  the  Synod  of  Missouri  met  in  Fulton,  and  resolved  to 
build  a  Synodical  College.  I  was  elected  Financial  Agent.  My  field 
was  the  state  of  Missouri,  and  my  object  to  secure  a  fund  that  would 
justify  the  Synod  in  commencing  the  desired  work.  In  traveling  over 
the  state  and  doing  comparatively  little  public  talking,  my  health 
improved  rapidly,  and  when  the  Synod  met  in  1854,  I  was  able  to 
enter  upon  the  active  duties  of  the  ministry.  I  resigned  my  position 
as  Financial  Agent,  and  removed  to  Pleasant  Hill,  and  accepted 
an  invitation  to  preach  as  Stated  Supply  for  the  two  little  churches 
that  I  had  organized  while  Pastor  at  Independence.  While  there,  I 
built  and  operated  a  Female  Seminary,  believing  it  would  greatly 
advance  the  work  of  the  church. 

By  this  time  Kansas  City  had  become  the  most  important  ship- 
ping point  on  the  Upper  Missouri.  When  Presbytery  met  in  1854,  ^ 
I  was  appointed  Stated  Supply  for  Westport  and  Kansas 
City.  When  we  erected  the  building  for  the  Seminary 
in  Pleasant  Hill,  I  agreed,  if  they  would  assist  me  in  the 
enterprise,  I  would  remain  with  them  two  years.  I  remained  there 
four — filling  my  appointments  in  my  distant  field  every  Sabbath — 
thirty  miles  away — riding  horseback  or  in  my  buggy.  On  one  occa- 
sion, when  I  had  reached  the  bleak,  cold  ridge  dividing  the  waters 
of  Big  Creek  and  the  Little  Blue,  a  fierce  northwest  wind  lilew  strong 
in  my  face.  I  thought  of  returning  to  my  warm  fireside.  But  it 
occurred  to  me :  This  is  the  first  time  in  my  life  I  have  ever  turned 
back  from  an  appointment.  I  turned  the  head  of  my  horse  to  the 
wind,  and  spurred  him  on. 

In  1855  2  I  sold  my  Seminary  to  Rev.  James  T.  Lapsley,  and 
removed  with  my  family  to  Kansas  City.  The  immigration  to  the 
city  was  so  great  at  this  time  that  I  failed  to  rent  a  house  in  the  city, 
and  was  compelled  to  take  quarters  in  a  little  log  cabin,  12  feet 
square,  on  Bro.  McCoy's  farm,  H  miles  from  the  city,^  until  I 
could  build  a  residence  of  my  own.  Services  were  then  held  in  the 
old  Court  House  on  the  corner  of  3d  and  Main  streets. 

1.  The  record  in  the  minutos  of  tho  Unper  Missouri,  April  11.  1857.  reads:  "A 
request  was  received  from  the  Pleasant  Hill  church,  askin;;  for  the  services  of  R.  8.  Sym- 
ington, for  half  his  time,  at  a  salary  of  ifSOO.  Also  tor  the  same,  and  for  half  his  time, 
from  the  Westport  church,  at  a  salary  of  ifSOO.  Also  for  the  same,  from  Individuals  at 
Kansas  City,  at  a  salary  of  $300.  Presbytery  consented  to  the  request  from  the  church 
at  Westport  and  from  the  people  of  Kansas  City." 

2.  From  other  sources  the  date  is  found  to  have  heen  1857. 

3.  Near  the  present  Southwest  corner  of  Thirty-fourth  and  Campbell  streets. 


R.  S.  SYMINGTON.  219 

In  the  spring  of  1857  Presbytery  appointed  a  Committee,  con- 
tiisting  of  Rev.  Thos.  A.  Bracken  and  myself,  Ministers,  and  Col. 
Moseby  Grant,  Elder,  "to  visit  Kansas  City,  and  if  the  way  be  clear, 
organize  a  church."  On  the  25th  of  May,  same  year,  the  Committee 
met  and  organized  the  First  church  of  Kansas  City,  in  the  house  of 
Mr.  Barclay.  C.  M.  Root  and  William  P.  Allen  were  elected  Elders, 
and  J.  C.  McCoy  and  Samuel  Piatt,  Deacons.  A  long  warehouse 
belonging  to  Bro.  McCoy  was  secured  and  converted  into  a  house  of 
worship.  In  a  few  days  it  was  furnished  with  pulpit  and  pews. 
In  1860  we  purchaseTl  a  lot  on  the  corner  of  Grand  Avenue  and 
Walnut  street.*  and  material  was  collected,  and  the  excavation  had 
been  commenced,  when  the  Civil  War  stopped  all  further  movements 
in  that  direction.  About  this  time  Rev.  Alex.  Mechatt  was  elected 
Pastor  of  the  Westport  Church,  and  all  my  time  was  occupied  with 
Kansas  City  and  additions. 

In  1860  I  was  requested  by  the  several  denominations  of  the  city 
to  gather  up  the  religious  statistics  of  the  city.  *  *  i  give  them 
below:     (I  give  them  in  the  order  of  time  of  organization.) 

Roman  Catholic. — Organized  1837,  bv  Father  Roux,  Parish 
Priest,  called  "Parish  of  Kansas  City."  In  1824  Rev.  Father  De 
Smidt  visited  this  point,  and  blessed  the  marriages  of  the  French 
trappers  from  the  T?ockv  Mountains,  who  had  formed  marriage 
connections  with  Indian  Squaws.  Father  Donnelly  arrived  ut  1845 ; 
found  "400  souls"  in  the  congregation,  chiefly  halfbreeds  and 
Canadian  hunters.  He  permanently  settled  there  in  1856.  Since 
then  the  congregation  has  increased  to  2,000.  This  embraces  all 
within  the  bounds  of  Westport,  Kansas  City  and  Indian  Territory. 
At  the  jubilee  there  were  700  communicants.  This  comprises  the 
strength  of  the  church.  In  1859  there  were  31  marriiiges,  107  bap- 
tisms, and  62  deaths  (Donnelly). 

M.  E.  South — Organized  1846,  in  the  woods  near  Kansas  City 
with  four  members,  by  Rev.  James  Porter.  Local  Elder.  Members: 
Mr.  Chick  and  wife,  Mrs.  Smith  and  Mr.  Hickman.  The  first  regular 
preacher  was  Rev.  Capell.  In  1848  Rev.  Leaper  preached  to  them. 
This  vear  an  effort  wns  made  to  build  a  Republican  (Union)  meeting 
house,  and  failed.  Thoy  then  united  with  the  School  Trustees,  and 
by  taxation  and  siibscription  a  frame  house  was  built,  to  be  used  as 
school  hoiise  and  church  for  all  denominations.  In  1850  they  built 
a  house  of  worship.  They  now  (1860)  niimber  120  communicants, 
have  a  Sabbath  school  num])ering  80  scholars,  library,  etc.  Have 
services  twice  every  Lord's  day.  Rev.  Leftwich  officiating. 

Baptist  Church — Organized  on  3d  of  September,  1855,  in  the 
Methodist  Church.  There  were  10  members.  The  officers  were  T. 
M.  James  and  Robt.  Homes,  Deacons,  and  Rev.  R.  S.  Thomas  (ex- 

*That  would  be  a  hard  corner  to  And!  The  lot  was  on  the  north  side  of  Third 
street,  near  Walnut. 


220  SKETCHES   OF  MINISTERS. 

President  of  William  Jewell  College),  Pastor.  He  remained  Pastor 
till  his  death,  June  12,  1857.  In  1857  forty-one  persons  were  added 
on  examination  and  nine  by  certificate.  In  1859  Rev.  E.  S.  Doulin 
was  elected  Pastor.  There  are  now  (1860)  112  communicants,  5  of 
whom  are  colored.  Officers:  James  Homes,  Lawrence  Mors,  R. 
Garnett  and  R.  H.  Hooper,  Deacons,  and  James  Chandler,  Clerk. 
Sabbath  school  100. 

Presbyterian  Church — Organized  May  25,  1857;  members,  13. 
There  are  now  (1860)  63  members.  Officers:  C.  M.  Root,  Wm.  P. 
Allen,  C.  F.  Smith,  R.  G.  Stephens,  Elders,  and  J.  C.  McCoy,  Samuel 
Piatt  and  T.  B.  Lester,  M,  D.,  Deacons,  and  R.  S.  Symington, 
Pastor,  Sabbath  school,  70  males,  65  females,  135.  Teachers,  9. 
Books,  maps,  etc.  R.  G.  Stephens,  Superintendent.  Mission  stations : 
McGee's  Addition,  4  o'clock,  p.  m. ;  Mission  Sabbath  school,  Bro. 
Seabury,  Superintendent.    Teachers  7,  scholars  40  (average). 

Episcopal  (St.  Luke's) — Organized  December  14,  1857,  com- 
municants 5.  Total  in  communion  now  (1860)  25.  Sunday  School, 
numbers  of  scholars  60,  average  40.  Books,  etc.  Rev.  Joseph  I.  Corban, 
officiating. 

Reformed  (Campbellites) — Organized  August  1,  1858,  in  the 
Court  House  by  Elder  Palmer,  40  memljers.  Dr.  Ridge,  W.  Small 
and  L.  Bullard  were  elected  Elders,  and  John  C.  Coin,  Speaker.  Now 
number  80  members.     Have  speaking  only  once  a  month. 

M.  E.  Church,  North — Organized  Aug.  1,  1859,  number  com- 
municants 11.  Rev.  Mr.  Pile,  Minister.  Number  of  communicants 
now,  (1860)  23. 

A  few  Cumberland  Presbyterians  were  worshipping  in  the 
northern  part  of  McGee's  Addition,  but  they  had  not  organized  in 
1860. 

There  were  quite  a  number  of  Lutherans  in  the  city,  but  they 
worshipped  with  us. 

Infidel  clubs  of  all  kinds  were  organized,  but  they  were  not 
noticed. 

These  statistics  I  have  copied  from  an  old  memorandum  book, 
found  in  my  library,  and  they  can  be  relied  on  as  correct. 

In  1862  [1860]  my  throat  troubled  me  again,  and  my  phvsician, 
Dr.  Lester,  advised  me  to  rest  for  a  year,  and  Rev.  Hancock  was 
invited  to  fill  the  pulpit.  At  the  end  of  the  year  I  was  still  unable 
to  preach.    I  then  removed  to  Pleasant  Hill. 

In  1863  [Aug.  25],  Order  No.  11.  was  passed,  depopulating  the 
western  l)order  of  Missouri,  and  Cass  county  was  embraced  in  that 
order.  Weary  with  the  unsettled  state  of  things  in  Missouri,  I 
determined  to  go  east;  and  took  the  train  [where?],  Sept.  1st,  for 
St.  Louis.  The  brethren  at  Mexico,  Mo.,  learned  that  I  was  on  the 
cars,  met  me  at  the  depot,  and  urged  me  to  stop  over  with  them, 
and  help  them  out  of  a  difficulty.    Some  trouble  had  occurred  between 


R.  S.  SYMINGTON.  221 

the  Pastor  of  the  church  and  the  Federal  soldiers  stationed  there. 
He  had  been  arrested  and  sent  as  a  prisoner  to  St.  Louis.  The 
Session  was  unhappily  divided  between  North  and  South,  and  neither 
part  felt  like  moving  in  the  matter.  At  their  request,  I  stopped 
over,  and  they  committed  the  whole  matter  to  me.  I  immediately 
telegraphed  to  the  President  the  exact  state  of  the  case,  and  asked  for 
advice.     Early  the  next  morning  the  following  statement  came  over 

the  wires :  "Col .  Vacate  the  Presbyterian  Church.     Replace  tlie 

furniture  as  it  was,  and  protect  the  worshippers.  A.  Lincoln."  A 
copy  was  sent  to  me,  and  to  the  Colonel  commanding  in  the  city.  In 
a  month  everything  was  repaired,  and  we  were  worshipping  in  our 
house  as  before.  I  remained  as  Stated  Supply  with  them  four  years. 
I  organized  a  church  at  Montgomery  City,  and  assisted  in  building 
a  house  of  worship. 

Pleasant  Hill  had  now  grown  to  a  city  of  6,000  inhabitants,  and 
it  was  thought  that  two  Presbyterian  churches  could  be  sustained 
there.  My  old  friends  gave  me  a  call  to  the  Second  Presbyterian 
church.  I  accepted  the  call.  We  rented  a  hall,  and  worshipped  in 
it  until  our  church  was  built.  While  there  I  organized  a  church,  and 
built  a  house  of  worship  at  Strasburg,  on  the  Missouri  Pacific  Rail- 
road.    I  remained  with  these  brethren  seven  years. 

On  the  last  day  of  November,  1874,  I  took  the  west  bound 
overland  train  for  San  Francisco,  and  preached  my  first  sermon 
in  California,  Dec.  13,  1874.  This  severed  my  connection  with  the 
Synod  of  Missouri.  *  *  God  has  been  wonderfullv  merciful  in 
preserving  my  life.  I  am  now  nearly  eighty-one  years  old,  and  I  am 
still  preaching  and  writing  and  lecturing  and  standing  it  well.* 


CHARLES  LEMUEL  THOMPSON. 

No  living  ex-member  of  Kansas  City  Presbytery  is  better  known 
than  the  present  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Home  Missions.  It  is 
needless  therefore  to  describe  his  character,  ability  or  history.  Aside 
from  his  prominence  as  Pastor  of  large  churches  in  Chicago,  Cin- 
cinnati, Pittsburg  and  Kansas  City,  he  was  already  widely  known 
as  an  editor,  poet,  essayist  and  lecturer  before  he  was  elected  ^foder- 
ator  of  the  Centennial  General  Assembly  in  1888.  Though  several 
ex-Moderators  of  the  Assembly  have  honored  this  Presbytery  with 

*A  short  obituary  notice  in  the /n/erw/- tells  of  his  death,  March  24,  1901,  and  says: 
"Dr.  Symington  was  a  man  of  strong  charaetfr,  and  was  most  earnestly  devoted  to  the 
Master's  cause.  It  was  not  his  desire  to  occupy  hlnh  places  in  noted  churches;  but  he 
was  eminently  an  organizer  and  builder,  and  tlie  fields  in  which  he  labored  pvideneed 
Ins  faithful  work.  The  study  of  the  word  of  God  was  hisdelipht.and  few  men  were  better 
versed  in  the  Bible  than  he;  and  this  not  to  the  exclusion  of  tilings  secular  altogether,  for 
he  was  well  informed  upon  all  important  topics  of  the  day,  and  was  active  in  many  public 
enterprises.  As  a  preacher  lie  was  scholarly,  logical  anil  convincing.  He  preached 
nothing  but  Jesus  Christ  and  Him  crucified,  and  was  never  forced  to  choose  a  sen- 
sational subject  to  fill  his  church.  The  sincerity  of  his  profession  was  never  doubted, 
for  he  was  a  living  epistle  of  the  teachings  of  Christ,  and  his  very  presence  was  a  bene- 
diction.   Truly  a  mlglity  man  has  fallen  In  Israel." 


222  SKETCHES   OF  MINISTERS. 

their  membership,  Dr.  Thompson  is  the  only  one  of  our  members 
honored  by  the  Assembly  with  elevation  to  its  highest  office  whik 
representing  this  Presbytery.  Many  of  his  friends  here  have  rather 
regretted  the  honor  thus  thrust  upon  him,  as  it  was  the  first  step  that 
led  to  his  call  to  labor  outside  of  our  bounds. 

In  addition  to  his  labors  as  Pastor  of  the  Second  church,  Kan- 
sas City,  during  its  most  prosperous  period,  Dr.  Thompson  made  his 
influence  widely  felt  through  the  city.  Presbytery  and  Synod.  He 
established  the  Men's  League  of  the  Second  church  by  which  all  the 
younger  organizations  of  our  denomination  in  the  city  have  been 
fostered  and  materially  aided  in  securing  their  locations  and  houses 
of  worship.  He  gave  much  attention  to  Park  College  and  to  the 
Kansas  City  Ladies'  College  of  Independence,  of  both  which  institu- 
tions he  was  a  Trustee. 


ALEXANDER  WALKER. 

As  the  Presbytery  of  Kansas  City  stood  adjourned  to  meet  in 
Rich  Hill  on  the  Tuesday  afternoon  following  the  Saturday  on  which 
the  Rev.  Alex.  Walker  died  at  his  home  in  Butler,  arrangements  were 
made  to  have  the  funeral  service  held  on  Tuesday  morning  in 
Butler  (12  miles  north  of  Rich  Hill).  At  that  time  nearly  all  the 
brethren  of  the  Presbytery  could  be  and  were  present.  At  the  meet- 
ing of  the  Presbytery  the  following  sketch  prepared  and  read  at  the 
funeral  service  by  the  Rev.  John  B.  Hill,  was  adopted  as  a  memorial 
and  spread  on  the  records  of  the  Presbytery. 

MEMORIAL. 

The  Rev.  Alexander  Walker  was  born  in  Kirkoswald,  County  Avr, 
Scotland,  Feb.  27,  1840,  and  died  in  Butler,  Mo.,  June  11,  1892".  His 
boyhood  was  spent  in  Scotland.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  he  removed 
to  Dudley,  Worcestershire,  England.  In  1869  he  came  to  this 
country  for  the  sake  of  his  health,  and  settled  on  a  farm  near  Otter- 
ville.  Mo.,  where  he  remained  until  he  took  charge  of  the  church  at 
Tipton,  Mo.  After  a  ten  years'  pastorate  there,  the  longest  in  the 
history  of  this  Presbytery,  he  removed  to  Butler,  which  continued 
to  be  his  home  until  his  death. 

Mr.  Walker  was  married  to  Miss  Agnes  Hannah,  in  Newington 
Chapel,  Liverpool,  England,  by  the  Rev.  Henry  Griffith,  M.  A.,  Feb. 
14,  18G3.  His  wife,  six  sons  (Alex.,  David,  Daniel,  Cyrus,  Harry 
and  John"),  and  two  daughters  (Anna  and  Mary)  survive  him.  Two 
other  sons  died  in  infancy.  Alexander  and  David  are  married  and 
in  business,  the  one  in  Columbus,  0.,  the  other  in  Wichita,  Kan. 
The  other  members  of  the  family  reside  in  Butler,  Mo.  The  only 
other  relative  in  this  country  is  his  sister,  the  wife  of  Mr.  Samuel 


ALEXANDER  WALKER.  223 

StraiD,  an  Elder  in  the  church  at  Bolivar,  Mo.  His  mother,  two 
brothers  and  three  sisters  still  reside  in  their  native  land  across 
the  sea. 

At  the  age  of  fifteen  Mr.  Walker  was  converted  and  joined  the 
Presbyterian  church  in  his  native  town.  On  going  to  England,  there 
being  no  Presbyterian  church  in  the  citv  of  Dudley,  he  joined  the 
Old  Independent  Church.  After  studying  for  the  ministry  under 
Dr.  Daniel  Kirby  Shoebotham,  he  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the 
Independent  church.  The  vigor  and  enthusiasm  with  which  he 
pursued  his  work  soon  made  it  necessary  for  him  to  seek  rest  and 
recuperation.  He  therefore  came  to  this  country,  bought  a  farm, 
and  settled  down,  expecting  to  remain  in  America  only  three  years. 
Soon,  however,  he  began  to  preach  in  the  Otterville  church,  and  at 
length,  on  the  23d  of  April,  1872,  he  was  ordained  by  the  Presbytery 
of  Osage  (now  the  Presljytery  of  Kansas  City)  in  session  at  Pleasant 
Hill,  Mo.  On  the  28th  of  Nov.,  following,  he  was  installed  Pastor 
of  the  church  at  Tipton.  Upon  the  dissolution  of  that  pastorate, 
Jan.  26,  1883,  he  accepted  a  call  to  the  church  at  Butler,  over  which 
he  was  installed  the  8th  of  April,  following.  In  October,  1889,  he 
was  elected  Synodical  Missionary  for  Missouri,  which  office  he  filled 
until  his  death. 

Such  is  an  outline  biography  of  one  of  the  best  known  Ministers 
of  our  State.  His  death  was  not  unexpected,  though  many  times 
during  the  ten  weary  weeks  of  his  illness  and  pain,  the  watchers  at 
his  bedside  and  numerous  inquiring  friends  throughout  the  State 
were  encouraged  by  hopeful  symptoms.  An  attack  of  la  grippe  dur- 
ing the  winter  was  not  enough  to  keep  him  from  his  usual  labors. 
Impressed  by  the  importance  of  his  work,  he  continued,  in  spite  of 
his  weakness,  until  early  in  April  he  was  so  prostrated  as  to  be  con- 
fined to  his  bed.  Even  then  he  did  not  give  up  his  work,  but  for 
weeks,  by  his  own  hand  and  by  dictation  to  one  of  his  sons,  he  con- 
tinued to  carry  on  his  extensive  correspondence.  His  Scotch  grit 
and  splendid  constitution  enabled  him  to- withstand  for  weeks  a  serious 
illness,  with  many  painful  complications  that  would  much  sooner 
have  subdued  the  majoritv  of  men.  His  friends  have  good  reason  to 
think  he  died  a  martyr  to  the  cause  he  loved  so  well — the  work  of 
Home  Missions. 

Mr.  Walker  was  an  indefatigable  worker,  a  good  organizer,  a 
splendid  judge  of  men,  a  fearless,  uncompromising  advocate  of  truth 
and  rigliteousness,  and  an  ardent  lover  of  the  doctrine  and  polity  of 
the  Presbyterian  Church.  These  qualities,  together  with  his  forceful, 
pointed  expression,  in  public  and  in  private,  often  with  broad  Scotch 
accent  and  wit,  and  his  thoroughgoing  good  sense,  decisiveness, 
promptness  and  frankness,  combined  to  give  him  admirable  fitness  for 
the  position  he  occupied  as  Synodical  Missionary.  Another  large 
factor  in  his  success  in  this  capacity  was  his  previous  experience  in 


224  SKETCHES   OF  MINISTERS. 

Home  Mission  work.  He  himself  had  been  a  Home  Missionary,  whose 
labors  were  great  and  successful.  For  ten  years  before  entering  upon 
the  Synodical  work  he  had  been,  as  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on 
Home  Missions,  thoroughlv  familiar  with  every  church  in  his  Pres- 
bytery. With  all  these  qualifications,  no  wonder  the  general  verdict 
of  the  Synod  was  that  he  was  the  right  man  in  the  right  place.  Dr. 
D.  J.  McMillan,  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Home  Missions,  wrote  at 
once  on  hearing  of  his  death :  "Your  telegram  has  thrown  a  cloud  of 
gloom  over  our  office,  for  we  esteemed  Mr.  Walker  most  highly,  as 
one  of  the  ablest  and  most  faithful  of  our  Synodical  Missionaries." 
The  death  of  Mr.  Walker,  cut  oif  in  his  prime,  is  widely  and 
sincerely  mourned.  Both  the  churches  of  which  he  was  formerly 
Pastor  are  to-day,  out  of  respect  of  his  memory,  draped  in  mourning. 
Of  each  church  it  is  true,  as  one  of  his  successors  in  the  pastorate 
writes :  '"All  his  good  work  follows  him  here  in  the  hearts  and  high 
esteem  of  many."  His  twenty  years'  work  in  Kansas  City  Presbytery 
made  him  several  years  the  senior  of  any  of  his  brethren  in  respect 
to  continuous  service.  Faithful  in  attendance  at  all  ecclesiastical 
meetings,  earnest  and  interested  in  all  their  deliberations,  his  wise 
counsel  was  not  merely  proffered  but  sought  and  respected.  Truly 
in  the  death  of  such  a  man  his  Presbytery  and  Synod  have  sustained 
no  ordinary  loss.  May  the  Lord  of  the  Harvest  raise  up  and  send 
forth  many  such  laborers  into  His  field ! 


JOHN  LAPSLEY  YANTIS. 

No  sketch  of  Presbyterianism  in  Missouri,  let  alone  in  this 
Presbytery,  would  be  complete  without  a  notice  of  the  labors  of  the 
Rev.  J.  L.  Yantis,  D.  D.,  much  more  extensive  than  the  average 
sketch  'of  the  Ministers  of  the  Presbytery.  Traditions  of  him  and  of 
his  work  remain  in  many  of  our  churches  and  communities,  though 
scarce  a  member  of  the  Presbytery  as  at  present  constituted  has  any 
personal  remembrance  of  him.  A  writer  in  Nevin's  Encyclopaedia 
says  of  him: 

"Dr.  Yantis's  character  was  striking  and  unique.  With  an 
originality  that  is  seldom  found,  he  threw  out  his  great  thoughts  that 
riveted  the  attention  of  the  learned  and  the  unlearned.  He  wrote 
some,  read  much  and  thought  a  great  deal.  His  quickness  of  percep- 
tion enabled  him  to  grasp  and  simplify  the  most  difficult  subjects.  His 
manner  of  delivery  was  straightforward,  bold,  earnest  and  impressive. 
His  frankness  and  honesty  made  him  respected  and  honored  by  all 
good  people.  He  abhorred  all  'ways  that  are  dark  and  tricks  that  are 
vain.'  He  had  no  patience  with  deceit  or  vanity.  He  was  gentle  as 
a  lamb,  with  the  boldness  and  strength  of  a  lion.  While  he  left  no 
volume  of  writings,  his  work  as  an  Evangelist  and  Minister  has 


J.  L.  YANTIS.  225 

made  a  lasting  impression  upon  thousands,  and  he  was  not  only  a 
pioneer,  but  one  of  the  fathers  of  Presbyterianism  in  western  Mis- 
souri/' 

We  are  fortunate  in  being  able  to  present  also  a  sketch  of  him 
by  one  that  was  for  many  years  a  eopresbyter  with  Dr.  Yantis,  and 
associated  with  him  in  the  development  of  several  of  our  present 
organizations.  Writing  under  date  of  March  12,  1900,  the  Rev.  K. 
S.  Symington,  D.  D.,  of  Danville,  Gal.,  communicated  the  following: 

John  Lapsley  Yantis,  D.  D.,  was  born  in  Lancaster,  Garrard 
county,  Ky.,  Sept.  14,  1804.  He  was  the  son  of  Col.  John  Yantis, 
who  commanded  a  regiment  of  Kentuckians  in  the  War  of  1812,  and 
was  a  leading  man  in  his  day.  Aug.  21,  1828,  at  Stanford,  Lincoln 
county,  Ky.,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Eliza  Ann  Markham  Mont- 
gomery, daughter  of  Col.  Jas.  Montgomery. 

When  about  20  years  of  age  he  began  the  study  of  medicine. 
When  nearly  ready  to  commence  practice,  he  united  with  the  church, 
and  decided  to  study  for  the  ministry.  His  health  was  so  frail  that 
he  was  unable  to  attend  a  Theological  Seminary,  and  his  preparation 
for  the  ministry  was  made  under  the  instruction  of  his  uncle,  the  Rev. 
Robt,  Armstrong  Lapsley,  D.  D.  He  was  licensed  by  Transylvania 
Presbytery,  Ky.,  in  April,  1829;  and  ordained  in  the  autumn  of  1830 
at  Harrodsburg.  He  entered  upon  his  first  charge  as  Stated  Supply  for 
the  churches  of  Lancaster  and  Stanford,  one  his  own  home,  the 
other  the  home  of  his  wife.  He  came  to  Missouri  in  the  fall  of  1833. 
He  preached  a  short  time  in  Saline  county,  and  was  called  to  the 
church  of  Liberty,  Clay  county,  in  the  spring  of  1834.  In  1835  he 
preached  as  Stated  Supply  at  Dover  and  other  points  in  Lafayette 
county.  Mo.  In  1836  he  went  to  Columbia  and  remained  there  about 
a  year.  In  1838  he  returned  to  Clay  county,  where  he  remained 
one  year.  In  1839  he  was  called  to  Fulton,  and  was  Pastor  there  for 
two  years.  In  1841  he  removed  to  Lexington,  and  was  Pastor  of  that 
church  about  seven  years.  For  several  years  he  was  Register  of  the 
United  States  Land  Office,  then  located  in  that  place.  In  1848  he 
purchased  Sweet  Springs,  in  Saline  county,  and  established  an 
Academy  for  boys,  which  he  conducted  for  four  years. 

In  1852  he,  with  quite  a  number  of  Presbyterians,  crossed  the 
Plains  to  Oregon,  and  located  in  the  Willamette  Valley.  [WTiile 
there]  he  was  elected  President  of  Richmond  College,  (Mo.).  He 
returned  from  Oregon  to  that  place  in  1855.  While  [President  of 
the  College],  he  received  calls  from  Danville,  Ky.,  Baltimore,  Md., 
and  San  Francisco,  Cal.  He  accepted  the  call  from  Danville,  and 
remained  there  until  the  breaking  out  of  the  Civil  War  in  1801. 
After  that  he  returned  to  Sweet  Springs,  and  I  believe  his  family 
remained  there  until  his  death,  which  occurred  May  28.  1882. 

He  never  gave  up  preaching.  He  always  said  he  would  "die  in 
the  harness."    His  wife's  health  was  delicate,  it  was  always  better  at 


226  SKETCHES   OF  MINISTERS. 

Sweet  Springs.  For  this  cause  the  family  remained  there,  but  he 
never  gave  up  the  active  work  of  the  ministry.  After  his  return  to 
Missouri,  in  1861,  he  'preached  at  Kansas  City,  Westport,  Waverly, 
Marshall,  St.  Joseph,  Brownsville  and  Prairie  churches.  Wherever 
he  preached,  he  was  received  with  open  arms  and  a  hearty  welcome. 
He  was  popular  in  all  the  churches.  Sunday,  May  28,  he  went  to 
fill  an  appointment  in  Lafayette  county.  He  held  services  at  11 
o'clock.  At  3  o'clock  he  "was  not,  for  God  took  him."  He  was 
buried  in  Pisgah  Cemetery,  near  Elmwood,  in  Saline  county. 

Dr.  Yantis  had  six  sons  and  two  daughters.  Three  of  his  sons 
and  one  daughter  are  still  living,  and  occupying  important  positions 
in  the  several  states  where  they  reside. 

Dr.  Yantis  in  politics  was  a  Whig  and  an  Emancipationist. 
Though  two  of  his  sons  served  in  the  Southern  Army,  and  he  himself 
was  a  Southern  sympathizer,  from  first  to  last  he  was  opposed  to 
secession. 

Dr.  Yantis  was  born  a  leader.  In  all  great  enterprises  he  came 
to  the  front.  Though  he  was  in  no  sense  a  politician,  yet  he  had 
a  powerful  influence  with  his  party,  and  on  all  great  movements  he 
was  consulted.  Especially  was  this  true  in  religious  matters.  He 
came  to  Missouri  just  at  a  time  when  a  leader  was  greatly  needed. 
Numbers  of  families  from  Virginia  and  Kentucky  were  immigrating 
to  that  lovely  land,  and  they  needed  an  organizer.  Many  young 
Ministers  were  sent  out  by  the  Board  of  Home  Missions,  and  they 
needed  some  one  to  introduce  them  to  their  several  fields.  He 
seemed  to  have  an  intuitive  power  of  measuring  a  man  as  soon  as 
he  became  acquainted  with  him,  and  seemed  to  know  just  where  to 
locate  him. 

He  was  thoroughly  orthodox.  He  was  in  Missouri  when  that 
unfortunate  division  into  Old  and  New  School  occurred.  Without 
hesitation  he  took  position  with  the  Old  School,  and  carried  the 
churches  of  Upper  Missouri  with  him.  I  remember  but  two  churches 
in  all  that  region  that  went  with  the  New  School.  He  signed  the 
"Declaration  and  Testimony,"  and  was  sent  to  the  General  Assembly 
to  present  and  defend  it.  He  was  called  by  some  of  the  members 
"the  old  wheel  horse."  When  that  obnoxious  order  was  issued  called 
"the  iron-clad  oath,"  which  forbade  all  Ministers  preaching  who  had 
not  taken  that  oath,  he  made  his  appointments  and  filled  them  as 
usual,  without  any  regard  to  that  order.  He  believed  it  interfered 
with  the  "crown  rights  of  the  Lord ;"  and  he  was  fearless  when 
citizen  or  Government  interfered  with  these. 

He  was  very  pleasant  in  society,  i)opvilar  with  young  and  old. 
He  enjoyed  a  joke,  and  had- a  keen  apprecialion  of  tlie  ridiculous. 
On  one  occasion,  while  on  his  way  home  fi'om  a  preaching  tour,  he 
spent  the  night  at  Liberty,  Clay  county.  The  host  said  to  him: 
"Yantis,  you  must  preach  for  us  to-night."    He  replied:     "I  can'<,. 


J.  L.  YANTIS.  227 

I'm  tired;  and  besides  you  can't  get  an  audience."  An  old  Negro, 
who  was  standing  at  the  door,  waiting  to  shake  his  hand,  said:  "I 
gets  yo'  audience,  ef  dat's.  what  you  wants."  "All  right;  I'll  give 
them  a  talk."  The  old  Xegro  took  a  large  hand  bell,  stood  on  the 
corner  of  the  street,  and  rang  awhile,  and  then  cried:  "Eare  oppor- 
tunity, gemmen  !  Eare  opportunity  !  Lecture  in  de  Cote  House,  free  ! 
Eare  opportunity !  Dr.  Yantis  gwine  ter  talk,  and  you  knows  him !" 
When  Dr.  Yantis  entered  "de  Cote  House,"  it  was  crowded.  He 
took  his  text  "Some  said:  And  what  will  this  babbler  say?"  (Acts 
17:17).     He  said  he  never  preached  with  more  freedom  in  his  life. 

Above  all  he  was  eminent  as  a  preacher.  The  moment  he  com- 
menced his  subject,  you  felt  he  had  a  message  to  deliver;  and  you 
stayed  with  him  until  he  delivered  it.  His  style  was  vigorous,  clear 
«ind  tender.  I  have  heard  more  eloquent  discourses,  more  terse  logic, 
more  chaste  language ;  but  no  man  ever  moved  me  like  Yantis.  "When 
he  touched  on  the  suffering  of  Christ,  his  eyes  moistened,  and  his 
voice  softened.  Though  every  word  of  the  story  was  familiar  to  you, 
you  involuntarily  wept  with  him. 

The  Lord  knows  how  to  send  the  right  man  to  the  right  place. 
That  was  a  grand  country — it  was  filling  up  with  grand  men — and 
He  sent  a  grand  man  to  shape  their  moral  destiny.  He  was  as  gentle 
as  a  lamb  in  peace,  but  fierce  as  a  lion  in  war. 


JAMES  YOUNG. 

The  following  notice,  prepared  by  the  Committee  on  Necrology, 
is  extracted  from  the  Minutes  of  Presbytery. 

"Eev.  James  Young  died  at  his  home,  at  High  Point,  Missouri, 
Oct.  27,  1897.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  the  oldest  member 
of  the  Presbytery  of  Kansas  City.*  He  graduated  from  Wash- 
.ington  College  in  1849,  and  Allegheny  Theological  Seminary  in 
1852.  He  was  ordained  bv  the  Presbytery  of  Greenbrier,  at  Charles- 
ton, Va.,  April  22,  1854,  and  was  installed  in  his  first  pastorate  in  the 
French  Creek  church,  W.  Va.,  June  10,  1856.  He  next  served  at 
Deep  Cut,  i^nglaise  eountv,  0.,  and  later  at  Jefferson  City,  Linn 
Creek  and  High  Point,  Mo. 

"Mr.  Young's  genealogv  and  life  were  closely  linked  to  the 
great  crises  in  the  history  of  this  country.  His  grandfather  came 
from  Ireland  to  America,  and  was  Captain  of  Artillery,  under  Gen- 
eral Washington,  throughout  the  Eevolutionary  War.  Mr.  Young's 
father  served  in  the  War  of  1812.  During  the  late  war  he  himself 
was  instrumental  in  raising  the  81st  Ohio  Volunteer  Infantry,  and 
was  appointed  Chaplain  of  the  same.    He  served  throughout  tlie  war, 

*I.  e.,  bA  had  been  lonKest  a  member,  having  been  admitted  April  4, 1868. 


228  SKETCHES   OF  MINISTERS. 

becoming  at  the  close  the  Superintendent  of  a  contraband  camp  con- 
taining three  thousand  colored  people  at  Corinth,  Miss. 

"In  1867  he  moved  to  Missouri,  locating  at  Jefferson  City,  and 
was  there  Pastor  and  close  personal  adviser  of  Governor  ]\IcClurg, 
through  the  reconstruction  period.  He  organized  the  church  at 
High  Point;  and  later,  prevented  by  failing  health  from  fulfilling  an 
active  ministry,  he  purchased  considerable  land  at  that  place,  and 
raised  his  family  there,  while  he  frequently  preached  in  various 
churches,  and  received  calls  from  eastern  churches  and  elsewhere. 
During  the  last  twenty  years  of  his  life  his  health  was  usually  very 
poor.  On  tlie  day  of  the  announcement  of  his  death,  the  Synod  of 
Missouri  and  the  Presbytery  of  Kansas  City  were  in  session,  and 
both  of  these  bodies  adopted  resolutions  expressing  their  deep 
smypathy  for  the  family  in  their  bereavement." 


SKETCHES  OF  CHURCHES. 


APPLETON  CITY. 

December  28,  1867,  pursuant  to  previous  notice,  seven  individuals 
met  at  the  home  of  S.  S.  Chapin,  about  a  mile  south  of  the  village 
of  Hudson,  "to  consult  together  in  reference  to  the  formation  of  a 
Presbyterian  church  in  Hudson."  The  following  day,  Sunday,  Dec. 
39,  services  were  held  in  a  school  house  a  mile  and  a  half  south  of 
Hudson,  the  Eev.  S.  G.  Clark  preaching  from  Jn.  4:35.  At  the 
close  of  these  services,  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  Hudson,  Bates 
county,  Mo.,  was  organized,  with  the  following  persons  as  members: 
E.  S.  Chapin,  Mrs.  Sarah  Chapin,  Miss  Julia  Field,  H.  H.  Piepmeier, 
Mrs.  A.  E.  Piepmeier,  Mrs.  Sally  Ann  Taylor,  Mrs.  Esther  Long. 
After  the  organization  was  effected,  the  sacrament  of  the  Lord's 
Supper  was  administered. 

In  the  spring  of  1868,  Mr.  Clark  removed  with  his  family  to 
Hudson,  and  took  charge  of  the  little  flock.  As  soon  as  the  weather 
would  permit,  services  were  held,  both  Sabbath  school  and  preaching, 
in  "God's  first  temples."  By  means  of  the  earnest  endeavors  of  Mr. 
Clark  eastern  friends  became  interested  in  the  infant  church,  strug- 
gling in  the  wilderness,  and  gave  so  largely  of  their  means  that,  with 
what  could  be  raised  in  the  immediate  vicinity,  a  church  building, 
35  by  50  feet  in  size,  was  enclosed  the  following  summer.  In  the 
meantime  new  members  were  being  added  to  the  church  mainly  by 
letter.  The  church  building  was  never  finished  at  Hudson,  however, 
for  in  less  than  a  year  tidings  came  that  the  proposed  railroad  site 
would  be  located  four  miles  east  of  Hudson,  in  St.  Clair  county, 
making  it  advisable  to  remove  most  of  the  little  village  to  the  new 
site,  and  the  church  also. 

The  first  house  in  Appleton  Citv  was  moved  there  Sept.  15,  1870. 
Six  months  from  that  time  there  were  141  houses  and  some  600  peo- 
])le.  The  attempt  to  remove  the  church  building  to  Appleton  City 
was  made  late  in  the  fall  of  1870.  It  was  thought  best  to  saw  the 
house  in  two,  and  remove  half  at  a  time.  The  first  section,  the  part 
containing  the  belfry,  was  then  loaded  on  trucks  drawn  by  oxen,  and 
taken  a])out  a  quarter  of  a  mile  and  left  for  the  night.  But,  lo !  in 
the  morning  it  had  vanished  in  smoko,  some  miscreant  having  applied 
the  torch.  The  half  that  reached  the  chosen  site  in  the  new  town 
remained  a  gaping  wreck,  a  reminder  to  passersby  of  the  wickedness 
of  mankind.  Elder  E.  K.  Gird  wrote  at  that  time:  "This  is  a  severe 
stroke.  It  falls  heavily  upon  lis,  for  we  had  put  forth  our  energies 
to  build,  and  were  in  debt  considerably  for  it.  The  loss  was  felt 
severely  l)y  all  the  church-going  people  for  quite  a  number  of  miles 
around,  as  it  was  the  only  church,  with  perhaps  one  exception,  within 


230  SKETCHES  OF  CHUKCHES. 

ten  miles  of  us.  It  shocks  us  to  think  we  have  in  our  community 
such  a  character,  and  there  is  no  mistake  about  its  being  the  work  of 
an  incendiary.  We  want  to  rebuild,  and  a  meeting  is  called  for 
this  evening  to  see  what  can  be  done.  *  *  The  remaining  part 
of  our  house  is  good,  and  can  be  moved  over  and  put  in  the  shape 
it  was  for  about  $1,500,  so  says  our  builder." 

Some  two  months  before  the  fire  the  Kev.  S.  G.  Clark  had  passed 
on  further  to  the  frontier  on  his  mission  of  church  organization. 
He  recommended  the  Kev.  W.  M.  Newton,  then  a  Pastor  in  Ohio,  as 
his  successor.  On  Thursday,  May  11,  1871,  Mr.  Newton  arrived. 
Very  little  had  been  done  toward  rebuilding  before  his  arrival,  but 
work  then  began  immediately  and  the  building  was  soon  pushed  to 
completion.  The  Methodists  kindly  tendered  the  use  of  their  house 
while  the  -Presbyterians  were  rebuilding.  By  the  beginning  of  winter 
the  church  building  was  finished  and  out  of  debt.  It  was  dedicated 
Dec.  3,  18T1,  by  the  Kev.  J.  T.  Lapsley,  of  Pleasant  Hill,  who  also 
assisted  in  conducting  a  series  of  meetings  by  which  fifteen  new  mem- 
bers were  added.  Mr.  Newton  found  the  church  with  thirty  mem- 
bers, and  left  it  in  1875  with  fifty-six.  He  was  greatly  beloved  by 
all,  as  was  also  Mrs.  Newton,  an  excellent  worker,  organizer  and 
leader  in  missionary  work  of  every  kind.  During  this  pastorate  the 
manse  was  built. 

After  a  short  interval  the  call  of  the  church  was  accepted  by 
the  Kev.  J.  G.  Venable,  of  Kentucky,  who  was  forced  to  resign  at  the 
end  of  six  months  on  account  of  failing  health.  After  his  resignation, 
the  church  was  without  regular  preaching  until  Feb.,  1878,  when  the 
Kev.  R.  H.  Jackson  became  Pastor  elect.  He  served  the  church  faith- 
fully until  April,  1883.  In  June,  1883,  the  Kev.  A.  B.  Martin  became 
Pastor  Elect.  He  was  installed  Pastor,  May,  1884,  remaining  until 
June,  1887.  From  Nov.,  1888,  to  June  3,  1889,  the  Kev.  Samuel  A. 
Moffett  supplied  the  church  most  acceptably;  but  the  work  in  the 
foreign  field  attracted  him,  and  he  sailed  for  Korea  to  find  there  his 
chosen  life  work.  From  January,  1890,  to  June,  1891,  the  pulpit 
was  filled  by  the  Kev.  Joseph  Mayou;  March  26,  1892,  to  May  18, 
1893,  by  the  Kev.  George  B.  Sproiile;  and  Jan.  1,  1894,  to  March  1, 
1898,  by  the  Kev.  Edmund  S.  Brownlee,  Pastor  Elect. 

Up  to  the  close  of  Mr.  Brownlee's  work  there  had  been  added  to 
the  church  from  the  beginning  147  members  on  confession  of  faith 
and  154  by  letter.  Of  these  18  had  died,  and  177  had  been  dismissed 
or  had  gone  without  taking  letters. 

In  the  words  of  Elder  Joel  Pratt:  "This  history  would  not 
be  complete  without  adding  that  this  church  owes  its  existence 
and  prosperity  in  a  great  degree  to  the  earnest,  consecrated  efforts 
put  forth  by  the  Kev.  S.  G.  Clark,  who  was  sent  as  a  missionary  to 
Missouri  before  the  smoke  of  the  rebellion  had  fairly  cleared  away, 
and  when  the  few  inhabitants  were  miles  apart  on  the  prairies  of 


APPLETON  CITY.  231 

Bates  and  St.  Clair  counties.  But  with  unwonted  energy  and  a 
spirit  born  of  God  all  difficulties  were  overcome,  and  a  sturdy  growth 
has  marked  its  career  from  its  early  days  until  the  present  time.  It 
is  almost  like  a  romance  that  the  founder  of  this  historic  church, 
after  years  of  absence  on  the  frontier  and  other  parts  of  Kansas  and 
Missouri,  came  back  to  Appleton  City,  in  May,  1898,  and  located 
in  a  pleasant  cottage  in  an  adjoining  block  to  the  church.  On  several 
occasions  he  filled  the  pulpit  in  the  absence  of  the  regular  Pastor. 
Failing  health  prevented  his  always  being  present  during  the  last 
weeks  of  his  life;  but  on  April  10,  1898,  a  new  Pastor  [the  Rev.  A. 
E.  Van  Orden]  occupied  the  pulpit,  and  this  aged  man  of  God 
begged  that  he  might  once  agam  attend  divine  service.  Two  gentle- 
men assisted  him  to  church.  All  who  clasped  his  hand  that  day  felt 
that  the  end  was  near.  Two  weeks  from  that  Sabbath  his  funeral 
sermon  was  preached  by  the  Rev.  J.  F.  Watkins,  and  all  that 
remained  of  the  Rev.  S.  G.  Clark  lay,  covered  with  the  fragrant 
spring  flowers  he  loved,  before  the  altar  he  had  been  instrumental 
in  building.  His  memory  is  dear  to  all;  may  his  earnest  words  and 
consecrated  life  be  emulated  by  all." 

The  same  Elder  writes:  "A  tribute  to  the  memory  of  Mary 
Jackson,  beloved  wife  of  the  Rev.  R.  H.  Jackson,  for  six  years 
Pastor  of  this  charge.  Mrs.  Jackson  was  a  rare  woman,  having  bad 
educational  advantages  and  experience  in  all  grades  of  schools,  both 
as  teacher  and  President.  She  was  a  gifted  talker  and  able  writer. 
In  her  death  the  friends  of  missions  lost  a  loyal  coworker,  who  was 
always  devoted  to  every  good  work.  It  is  a  tender  and  tearful  tribute 
that  we  pay  to  her  memory.  Her  death  occurred  several  years  ago, 
shortly  after  removing  to  the  state  of  Arkansas." 

ARROW  rock:. 

A  small  church  in  Saline  county,  organized  in  1840  by  Wm. 
Dickson,  G.  M.  Crawford  and  B.  W.  Reynolds.  Its  Presbyterial  con- 
nection has  been  with  the  Presbyteries  of  Missouri,  Upper  Missouri 
and  Lafayette. 

AULLVILLE. 

September  13,  1872,  the  Rev.  J.  H.  Byers  reported  to  Presbytery 
that  he  had  organized  a  church  at  Aullville,  consisting  of  ten  mem- 
bers, with  Dr.  E.  A.  Taylor  and  James  R.  McClure  as  Elders.  The 
organization  took  place  in  August  preceding.  Occasional  supplies 
were  sent  to  this  church  by  Presbytery  but  it  soon  disappeared.  Its 
name  was  stricken  from  the  roll  April  14,  1877. 

AUSTIN. 
This  church  is  one  of  those  organized  by  the  indefatigable  Seth 
G.  Clark.     At  the  time  of  its  organization,  the  town  expected  a  rapid 
growth,  which  unfortunately  never  came.    The  exjx'cted  railroad  was 


282  SKETCHES  OF  CHURCHES. 

not  built;  and  when  at  last  another  was  built,  it  left  the  town  some 
miles  away.  Still  the  little  church  kept  up  an  existence  for  twenty 
years.  It  was  organized  with  8  members,  Feb.  16,  1868.  It  was 
supplied  for  a  few  nkonths  by  Mr.  Clark;  then  by  Josiah  J.  Brown, 
'68;  and  Philander  Read,  '69-73.  In  Mr.  Read's  time  it  became 
grouped  with  the  Wadesburg  (Creighton)  church,  which  grouping  it 
retained  through  the  rest  of  its  existence.  It  was  finally  stricken  from 
the  roll  April  11,  1888. 

BELMONT. 
See  Windsor. 

BELTON. 

June  25,  1882,  a  church  was  organized  at  Belton  by  the  Rev. 
A.  T.  Robertson  with  16  original  members.  Mr.  Robertson  preached 
for  them  for  a  time,  in  the  Baptists'  house  of  worship.  The  church 
never  succeeded  in  getting  a  buil'ding  of  its  own,  though  at  one  time 
there  was  a  proposition  in  Presbytery  to  sell  the  house  of  the  Bethel 
Church,  which  was  not  then  in  use,  and  devote  the  proceeds  to  the 
Belton  Church.  September  11,  1884,  the  Belton  Church  was  dis- 
solved. 

BETHEL. 

This  church  was  organized  in  August,  1869,  by  the  Rev.  Wm.  L. 
Breckenridge,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  who  was  then  living  on  his  farm  in 
Raymore  Township,  some  four  miles  north  of  Peculiar.  It  was  sup- 
plied for  about  three  years  by  Dr.  Breckenridge;  afterwards  irregu- 
larly by  Dr.  George  Miller,  J.  J.  Hawk,  J.  W.  Tall)ot,  J.  B.  Vawter, 
L.  F.  Dudley  and  others.  Dr.  Miller  once  wrote  of  it :  "It  promised 
well,  bought  a  good  church  house;  but  the  panic  of  '73  brought 
financial  embarrassment  upon  its  members,  and  consequent  removals 
finished  its  short  life."  No  other  church  ever  remained  so  long,  how- 
ever, on  the  roll  of  Presbytery  after  it  was  virtually  extinct.  Several 
committees  of  Presbytery  were  sent  to  visit  it  and  try  to  revive  it, 
special  series  of  meetings  were  recommended  and  perhaps  held ;  but  all 
to  no  avail.  Its  house  was  large  and  well  built,  but  after  the  rail- 
road was  built  and  the  town  removed  to  the  present  site  of  Peculiar, 
it  was  impossible  to  get  either  any  audience  to  fill  the  house  or  a 
nucleus  about  which  to  gather  a  new  organization.  There  were  offers 
by  other  denominations  who  wished  to  use  or  remove  the  building, 
but  zealous  members  of  Presbytery  refused  them,  saying-:  "The 
Presbyterian  Chureb  is  building  churches,  not  selling  them."  Thus 
the  church  was  retained  on  the  roll,  starred,  for  many  years,  until 
in  the  summer  of  1896,  the  Board  of  Church  Erection,  which  had 
made  a  grant  of  $500  on  the  property,  was  glad  to  sell  the  dilapi- 
dated building  with  the  grovmd  for  $75 !  What  might  have  brought 
several  hundred  dollars  above  the  Board's  grant,  if  an  early  offer  had 
been  accepted,  was  thus  by  the  unwise  action  of  Presbytery  allowed 


BETHEL.  233 

to  go  to  ruin.  Would  that  this  were  a  solitary  case !  The  name  of 
the  Bethel  Church  was  finally  stricken  from  the  roll  September  23, 
]896. 

BOONVILLE. 

The  eighth  Presbyterian  church  organized  in  the  State  of  Mis- 
souri, and  oldest  in  the  territory  now  contained  in  the  Presbytery  of 
Kansas  City,  is  that  of  Boonville,  though  for  some  years  after  its 
organization  it  was  located  at  Old  Franklin,  on  the  north  side  of  the 
Missouri  Eiver.  From  the  History  of  Cooper  County  (1876,  p.  41) 
we  learn  that  "The  town  of  Old  Franklin  was  laid  off  opposite  the 
present  site  of  Boonville  during  the  year  1816.  It_was  located  on 
fifty  acres  of  land  donated  by  different  individuals  for  the  purpose. 
Tt  grew  rapidly,  soon  became  very  populous,  and  commanded  a  wide 
trade.  It  was  for  a  time  the  largest  and  most  flourishing  to^^Ti  in 
the  State,  west  of  St.  Louis,  and  the  starting  point  for  all  the  Santa 
Fe  traders.  But  in  the  year  1826  the  waters  of  the  turbulent  Mis- 
souri commenced  encroaching  upon  this  beautiful  and  populous  city, 
and,  despite  the  utmost  endeavors  of  its  citizens,  house  after  house 
was  swept  away,  until  in  a  few  years  afterwards  the  current  of  the 
river  rolled  through  her  streets,  and  the  whole  city  was  engulfed  in 
its  hungry  waters.  Within  the  last  few  years  a  small  village,  still 
called  Old  Franklin,  has  spnmg  up  just  back  of  the  site  of  the  old 
town,  but  not  a  single  house,  or  any  other  mark  remains  to  suggest  to 
the  traveler  that  he  stands  near  the  site  of  a  once  large  city." 

In  January,  1821,  the  Board  of  Missions  seems  to  have  given 
attention  to  Missouri  as  the  Kev.  Francis  McFarland  in  company 
with  the  Rev.  Edward  Hollistcr  came  to  Missouri,  and  went  into 
what  was  called  the  Boon's  Lick  country,  going  up  as  far  as  the 
Chariton  River.  On  April  28,  1821,  Mr.  Hollister  organized  a 
church  of  23  members  in  Franklin.  He  was  succeeded  for  a  short 
time  each  by  the  Eevs.  Thos.  (John?)  Alexander  and  Alex.  McFar- 
land, of  Virginia.  In  January,  1826,  the  Eev.  Augustus  Pomeroy,  a 
missionary  of  the  United  Domestic  ^Missionary  Society,  arrived  in  St. 
Louis  and  wont  thence  to  take  charge  of  the  church  at  Franklin, 
^farch  15,  1826,  he  wrote:  "The  situation  of  the  little  church  here 
affected  me  much.  I  could  find  no  one  to  tell  me  of  how  many  it 
consisted,  and  for  two  years  the  sacrament  had  not  been  administered. 
*  *  T  am  not  only  alone,  but  nearly  150  miles  from  any  of  my  brethren 
in  the  ministrv."  He  remained  only  about  two  years,  during  which 
time  he  preached  regularly  in  both  Franklin  and  Boonville  and  taught 
school  in  Franklin.  One  or  two  of  his  successors  also  taught  a  part 
of  the  time.  For  a  short  time  in  1827  the  Eev.  W.  P.  Cochran 
preached  there. 

From  1828  to  1834  the  pulpit  was  supplied  by  the  Rev.  Hiram 
Chamberlain,  who  came  to  Missouri  in  1826  as  a  missionary  of  the 

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234  SKETCHES  OF  CHURCHES. 

TJnited  Domestic  Missionary  Society.  After  about  a  year's  absence 
in  the  east,  he  returned  to  Missouri  in  October,  1828.  In  coming  he 
spent  52  days  on  the  way  from  Dorset,  Vt.,  to  St.  Louis,  traveling 
1,500  miles  on  horseback,  preaching  every  Sabbath  and  often  during 
the  week.  February  1,  1829,  he  wrote:  "Franklin  is  now  an  out- 
post in  relation  to  the  line  which  fixes  the  present  boundaries  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church.  But  far  beyond  this  the  dark  forests  which 
shade  the  Missouri  on  the  north  are  yielding  to  the  hand  of  the  culti- 
vator, and  the  cich  prairies  on  the  south — rich  beyond  description — 
are  becoming  fruitful  fields.  The  wave  of  emigration  is  not  yet 
stayed.  It  has  not  reached  its  ultimatum.  Its  force  is  undiminished, 
and  it  remains  to  be  determined  how  much  farther  our  exertions 
must  be  extended  to  meet  the  spiritual  exigencies  of  men  whose 
minds  are  sometimes  darker  than  the  forests  which  they  penetrate. 
As  yet  over  these  extensive  regions  the  pathway  of  a  Presbyterian 
minister  is  not  known.  ISTot  so  with  the  private  members  of  our 
Church.  So  far  as  our  researches  have  extended,  we  find  them  scat- 
tered as  sheep  in  the  wilderness.  They  have  doubtless  gone  to  the 
farthest  limits  of  civilization.  Your  missionaries  are  continually 
making  such  exertions  as  their  engagements  will  permit,  and.  they 
seldom  return  without  discovering  some  communicant  before 
unknown.  When  we  have  traveled  from  60  to  80  miles  for  the  pur- 
pose of  preaching  to  a  small  audience,  gathered  in  a  little  cabin,  our 
toil  is  often  repaid  by  the  cheering  and  hearty  welcome  of  some 
veteran  of  the  cross  whose  remote  situation  has  deprived  him  of 
church  privileges."  During  Mr.  Chamberlain's  ministry  the  organiza- 
tion was  moved  from  Franklin  to  Boonville,  in  1830.  In  1832  a 
church  huilding  was  decided  on,  though  it  was  not  completed  until 
1841,  at  a  cost  of  $4,500. 

During  the  next  six  years  the  church  was  without  a  regular 
Minister,  and  from  1836  to  1838  it  was  without  Elders,  until  visited 
by  the  Rev.  R.  L.  McAfee,  who  ordained  two.  On  May  24,  1840,  the 
Presbytery  of  Missouri  ordained  the  Rev.  Wm.  Gr.  Bell,  and  installed 
him  over  the  Boonville  church.  He  remained  Pastor  until  October, 
1854.  He  preached  the  first  and  the  last  sermon  in  the  old  church 
bnilding.  He  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  H.  M.  Painter,  1854-62;  and 
by  the  Rev.  James  Morton,  1863-6.  About  that  time  the  church 
joined  the  Declaration  and  Testimony  party,  which  ultimately  took 
it  into  its  present  connection  in  the  Southern  Church. 

BROWNINGTON. 

The  Brownington  Church  is  one  of  several  organized  and 
ministered  to  by  the  Rev.  I.  N.  Galbreth.  He  labored  for  some  years  in 
Vernon  and  adjacent  counties  in  the  interests  of  that  portion  of  the 
Presbytery  of  Lafayette  that  signed  the  Declaration  and  Testimony. 


BROWNIXGTON.  235 

This  church  began  August  17,  1870,  with  but  one  male  and  two 
female  members.  Its  growth  was  slow.  Before  coming  to  the  Pres- 
bytery of  Osage,  its  Ministers  were  the  Eevs.  R.  S.  Symington  and 
J.  F.  Watkins.  On  Sept.  9,  1874,  both  Minister  and  church  were 
received  into  our  connection.  The  record  in  the  Presbytery's  Minutes 
reads :  "A  paper  was  presented  to  Presbytery  by  Rev.  J.  F.  Watkins 
relating  to  the  churches  of  Fairview  and  Brownington.  Fairview 
church  in  our  Presbytery  and  Brownington  church  in  the  Pres- 
bytery of  Lafayette,  0.  S.  Synod  of  Missouri,  have  combined  and 
formed  the  church  of  Brownington  in  our  Presbytery.  The  church  of 
Fairview  was  dropped  from  the  roll  of  churches,  and  Brownington 
was  enrolled."  It  was  later  supplied  for  one  year  each  by  Wm.  M. 
Reed  and  by  S.  W.  Mitchell,  under  the  latter  of  whom  a  house  of  wor- 
ship was  built.  The  Rev.  J.  F.  Watkins  returned  to  its  pulpit  in 
1879,  remaining  seven  and  a  half  years  as  Pastor  of  the  churches  of 
Osceola  and  Brownington.  Thereafter  it  was  supplied  for  short 
periods  by  several  ministers  residing  at  Osceola  and  by  theological 
students  during  their  summer  vacations.  Its  only  Minister  who 
remained  longer  than  a  few  months  was  the  Rev.  G.  B.  Sproule,  who 
was  its  Stated  Supply,  in  connection  with  the  church  at  Deepwater, 
for  three  and  half  years.  Since  December,  1898,  it  has  been  similarly 
grouped  under  the  ministration  of  the  Rev.  W.  F.  Van  der  Lippe. 

BUTLER. 

The  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Butler  was  organized  March 
31,  1867.  On  the  twenty-fifth  anniversary  of  the  organization,  letters 
were  read  from  former  Ministers  and  others,  which  contain  so  much 
information  and  interesting  historical  material  that  extensive  quota- 
tions from  them  appear  below.  The  most  interesting,  that  by  the 
Rev.  S.  G.  Clark,  is  given  entire,  as  follows: 

MISSION  WORK  IN  SOUTHWEST  MISSOURI. 

"The  second  day  of  January,  1866,  I  left  my  home  in  Milan, 
Ohio,  where  my  family  had  resided  during  the  war,  to  go  to  south- 
west Missouri,  as  a  Home  Missionary.  Dr.  Kendall  [Secretary  of  the 
Board  of  Home  Missions]  was  very  anxious  I  should  go  to  that 
particular  field  because  in  all  southwest  Missouri,  we,  then  N".  S. 
Presbyterians,  had  only  two  Ministers,  and  it  required  three  to  form 
a  Presbytery.  The  two  Ministers  were  Timothy  Hill,  who  had  come 
to  Kansas  City  a  few  weeks  before  me,  and  John  M.  Brown,  whose 
headquarters  were  at  Osceola,  and  who,  like  all  the  missionaries  who 
followed  us  for  several  years,  was  ^settled  on  horesback.'  Southwest 
Missouri  had  been  literally  burned  over  by  the  war.  A  great  part  of 
this  had  been  done  by  each  army,  as  they  alternately  had  possession 
of  it,  but  most  of  it  was  done  by  prairie  fires,  as  they  swept  oyer  the 


236  SKETCHES  OF  CHURCHES. 

country  when  the  inhabitants  were  ordered  to  leave  their  homes  and 
go  to  the  larger  towns,  where  they  could  be  protected.  Butler,  I 
have  been  told,  was  burned  b}^  Union  soldiers,  and  so  thoroughly 
done  that  but  two  roofs  remained  standing.  They  were  of  so  little 
account  that  it  was  not  worth  while  to  cross  the  street  to  put  a  torch 
into  them,  or  they  too  would  have  been  burned.  The  streets  literally 
grew  up  to  weeds.  Nine  out  of  every  ten  farm  houses  and  buildings 
were  burned,  and  at  least  three-quarters  of  the  people  had  left.  In 
1866  a  few  were  returning,  and  more  were  coming  in  from  the  north 
and  east,  and  some  from  Kentucky  and  Tennessee. 

"A  young  man  from  the  10th  Ohio  Volunteer  Cavalry,  who  left 
the  regiment  before  the  close  of  the  war,  came  to  southwest  Missouri 
as  soon  as  the  war  closed.  On  his  return  to  Ohio  he  gave  me  a  full 
description  of  the  situation.  We  formed  a  small  colony  to  come  and 
locate  in  Cass  county,  where  good  land  could  be  obtained  for  $5  an 
acre.  The  colony  was  finally,  located  at  Greenwood,  but  Frank  Brooks 
and  I  came  directly  to  Harrisonville,  he  to  attend  to  the  location  of 
the  colony,  and  I  to  preach  the  Gospel,  wherever  and  whenever  I 
could  find  hearers. 

"We  arrived  in  Harrisonville  at  noon  on  Saturday  before  the 
first  Sabbath  in  January.  School  houses  and  churches  were  so  torn 
up  by  the  war  that  they  could  not  be  used.  No  effort  had  been  made 
to  have  religious  services  of  any  kind,  except  a  little  Sabbath  school 
had  been  started  two  or  three  Sabbaths  before.  This  was  held  in  a 
little  dingy  room  upstairs,  with  nearly  half  the  glass  out  of  the 
windows,  and  the  walls  covered  all  over  with  soldiers'  names  and 
comic  pictures.  If  I  had  not  been  a  soldier  and  learned  what  soldiers 
would  do,  I  could  not  have  kept  my  face  straight  as  I  entered  that 
room  to  attend  Sabbath  school.  I  gave  out  an  appointment  to  preach 
at  3  p.  m.,  liecause  there  was  no  arrangement  for  lighting  the  room  in 
the  evening.  We  had  about  35  the  first  service;  but  congregations 
increased,  and  the  only  thing  that  seemed  encouraging  was  the  fact 
that  people  would  fill  any  place  that  could  be  found  to  hold  meetings. 
There  were  two  school  houses  in  the  center  of  the  prairies,  unburned. 
Although  not  a  house  could  be  seen  from  the  school  house,  yet  let 
an  appointment  be  made  for  any  hour  on  the  Sabbath  or  on  a  week- 
day evening,  and  the  house  would  be  full. 

"The  Board  by  my  request  made  full  provision  for  my  salary  the 
first  year.  I  told  them,  if  I  went  to  such  a  burned-over  country,  I  did 
not  want  to  intimate  to  any  man,  woman  or  child  that  a  missionary 
needed  anything  to  eat,  drink  or  wear.  I  did  not  say  money  for  a 
year,  except  when  I  paid  my  bills.  The  people  were  just  as  modest 
as  I  was,  and  never  said  money  to  me !  I  obtained  a  hardy  Mustang 
pony,  and  went  in  all  directions,  preaching  the  Gospel  wherever  T 
found  an  opening.  Harrisonville,  Greenwood,  Lee's  Summit,  Holden, 
Hudson,  Aubtin  and  finally  Butler  were  taken  into  the  circuit. 


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BUTLER.  287 

"A  Rev.  Mr.  North,  who  had  been  a  foreign  missionary,  had 
preached  one  or  two  Sabbaths  in  Butler,  by  request  of  the  Rev. 
Timothy  Hill.  But  for  some  reason  he  did  not  stay,  and  Bro.  Hill 
wrote  me  to  visit  the  place  and  see  what  the  outlook  seemed  to  be.  1 
think  I  preached  there  the  second  Sabbath  in  January,  1867,  for  the 
first  time,  and  in  February.  From  that  time  on  I  had  an  appoint- 
ment regularly  once  a  month.  There  were  about  100  people  in  town 
and  nearby,  when  I  first  went  there ;  and  people  were  beginning  slowly 
to  come  in.  There  was  a  small,  cheap,  cold  school  house,  a  little 
southeast  of  where  the  church  jiow  stands,  and  that  was  li!!' 
place  that  could  then  be  obtained.  The  Sabbath  school  filled  it,  and 
the  congregation  filled  it.  I  remember  to  have  once  urged  the 
children  to  canvass  for  more  scholars,  and  told  them  I  hoped  they 
would  obtain  enough  to  split  the  school  house  open,  so  as  to  make 
it  necessary  for  the  people  to  provide  a  better  place. 

"At  length  we  used  unfinished  buildings  and  then  a  hall,  but  we 
found  that  we  must  build.  But  I  am  getting  ahead  of  my  story. 
Three  Presbyterians  were  found,  and  we  thought  more  would  join  us. 
But  on  the  appointed  time  there  were  only  the  three,  two  females 
whose  husbands  were  not  pious,  and  an  unmarried  young  man.  Not 
a  very  bright  prospect !  But  we  all  thought  best  to  make  a  beginning, 
if  it  was  small.  Saturday  was  quite  pleasant,  though  the  mud  was 
as  deep  as  it  ever  gets  in  Missouri.  In  the  night  there  came  up  a 
snow  storm  from  the  northeast,  and  the  snow  by  church  time  was 
six  or  eight  inches  deep.  There  were  not  over  ten  or  twelve  persons  in 
.the  house,  but  the  appointment  was  out,  the  sermon  was  preached, 
the  Elder  elected  unanimously,  ordained  and  installed,  and  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church  in  Butler  had  an  existence.  The  sacrament  of 
the  Lord's  Supper  was  administered.  There  were  five  besides  the 
Minister  who  partook  of  the  elements,  our  little  three,  and  two  of  our 
M.  E.  brethren,  five  in  all  and  a  congregation  of  from  ten  to  twelve. 

"There  was  no  church  edifice  in  the  county,  and  it  was  evident 
that  we  must  soon  build.  We  began  the  necessary  amount  of  talk  at 
once ;  but  there  was  no  meeting,  I  think,  to  appoint  a  Building  Com- 
mittee until  the  autumn  of  1868.  The  object  was  to  form  the  plan 
and  draw  the  material  during  the  winter,  as  all  the  lumber  must 
come  from  Pleasant  Hill.  I  only  remember  two  of  the  committee, 
Capt.  E.  P.  Henry  and  J.  C.  McKibben.  The  name  of  Capt.  Henry 
deserves  a  special  mention  in  regard  to  our  church  edifice.  He 
was  deeply  interested  in  it,  and  having  no  family,  fortunate  in 
having  a  few  thousand  dollars  he  could  command,  and  more  fortunate 
in  having  a  heart  for  the  work,  he  determined  to  build  a  better  house 
than  we  at  first  thought  possible.  The  Presbvterian  and  M.  E. 
churches  had  <i  conference  on  the  subject,  and  proposed  that  the  M. 
E.  church  should  build  and  we  would  help  them,  or  we  would  build 
and  they  help  us :  then  to  use  the  church  in  partnership  until  the 
other  church  should  build;  and  then  that  the  church  who  had  the 


238  SKETCHES  OF  CHUKCHES. 

house  pay  back  to  the  other  what  they  had  put  in  the  first  building. 
The  result  was  the  Presbyterian  Church  built,  and  the  M.  E.  church 
put  in  $350.  When  the  M.  E.  church  built,  our  church  paid  back  the 
amount  received  and  added  $100.  Here  let  me  say  the  churches 
worked  in  perfect  harmony,  and,  so  far  as  I  have  ever  heard,  con- 
tinue to  do  so. 

"Capt.  Henry  obtained  everything  at  the  lowest  cash  price. 
When  all  was  completed,  and  he  had  paid  out  $4,315.75,  the  church 
from  all  sources  had  paid  him  $1,700.^  'Now/  he  said,  "pay  the 
balance  when  you  can.'  They  continued  to  pay,  as  they  could  raise 
the  money,  till  the  debt  was  reduced  down  to  $1,000.  Then  he  said, 
'You  may  stop.  I  want  $1,000  of  stock  in  that  building.'  And 
since  he  has  gone  to  that  Better  Land,  I  will  say:  I  never  met  a 
truer  friend  or  a  nobler  Christian  man.  A  few  years  after  this,  when 
I  was  east  raising  funds  for  Highland  University,  I  was  often  asked : 
'Do  your  churches  west  do  all  they  can  to  help  themselves?'  Of. 
course  I  was  obliged  to  say  'ISTo.'  I  never  saw  a  church,  east  or 
west,  where  all  the  members  did  all  they  could.  I  would  then  tell 
what  Capt.  Henry  had  done,  and  then  tell  them,  if  they  had  any 
nobler  men,  I  would  like  to  look  into  their  faces. 

"As  soon  as  the  house  was  up  and  had  a  roof  and  a  floor,  we 
began  to  use  it.  We  had  a  Union  Sabbath  school.  At  length  one 
denomination  and  then  another  drew  off,  and  organized  a  school  of 
their  own,  till  we  had  three  schools.  This  troubled  me  at  first,  but, 
in  a  little  generous  rivalry,  they  literally  gathered  in  all  the  children 
and  youth.  I  made  a  little  speech  to  our  school  one  day,  offering 
a  book  worth  a  dollar  to  the  child  who  would  obtain  the  largest 
number  not  attending  anv  school  in  a  month.  When  I  closed,  Mr. 
Hartwell,  the  Superintendent,  said  to  me :  'I  don't  know  where 
they  will  find  the  children.  I  don't  know  a  child  or  a  young  person 
that  does  not  attend  one  of  the  Sabbath  schools.'  But  I  must  not 
forget  to  say  that  the  Sabbath  school  paid  $50.  It  built  the  pulpit 
and  paid  for  the  Bible.  When  they  began  to  raise  money,  I  agreed 
to  give,  or  get  another  Sunday  school  to  give,  as  much  as  they.  A 
Sabbath  school  from  abroad  had  promised  me  help,  but  finally  left  me 
to  pay  the  $50.    But  I  have  always  regarded  it  as  a  good  investment. 

"The  day  when  the  church  was  organized  was  very  stormy.  It 
snowed  all  day.  The  dav  when  the  house  was  dedicated  was  just  as 
stormy  but  now  it  was  rain.  But  Bro.  T.  Hill  had  come  from  Kansas 
City  by  buggy,  and  could  not  come  again.  So  we  dedicated  the  house 
with  not  more  than  a  quarter  of  the  church  present.^ 

"I  preached  for  the  church,  I  think,  about  three  years.  I  can- 
not remember  a  single  unpleasant  occurrence  with  anv  member  of 
the  church  or  congregation.     The  young  people  atten.ded  well,  and 

1.  $800  from  the  Board  of  Church  Erection. 

2.  Dr.  Hill  was  accompanied  on  that  trip  by  his  little  son,  John  B.,  who  well  remem- 
bers the  occasion,  but  little  thought  then  that  he  would  ever  become  pastor  in  the  house 
then  dedicated. 


BUTLER.  239 

several  young  lawyers  were  attentive  hearers.  la  most  congregations 
there  are  a  few  who  are  always  ready  to  change  mini-sters,  Ijut  Kutlur 
seemed  satisfied  not  to  change.  But  I  had  spread  myself  so  thin, 
over  so  large  a  field,  that  I  must  give  up  Butler  or  several  of  uiy 
smaller  churches,  where  no  one  would  go.  Butler  was  a  desirable 
field  for  any  earnest  worker,  and  so  I  must  and  did  give  it  up.  1 
found  when  my  work  was  over  that  I  had  traveled  2,o00  miles,  almost 
all  of  it  on  horseback,  to  preach  lo  them  what  amounted  to  about  one 
and  a  half  years'  preaching. 

"It  was  a  great  pleasure  to  me  to  have  Mrs.  F.  A.  Austin  come 
to  Butler,  and  make  her  home  with  us,  not  only  because  she  was  a 
faithful  Christian  worker  and  efficient  Bible  class  teacher,  but  also 
because  it  brought  out  her  father,  the  Eev.  E.  Conger,  and  her 
mother,  to  spend  a  winter  with  them.  The  old  gentleman  had  bap- 
tized me  in  Ohio,  when  a  mere  youth.  I  had  often  heard  him  preach ; 
and  he  was  the  first  one  to  ask  me  if  I  would  not  like  to  get  an 
education  and  preach  the  Gospel.  You  can  hardly  realize  how  strange 
it  seemed  to  me  to  preach  to  one  to  whom  I  had  so  often  listened  with 
so  much  interest. 

"I  must  not  fail  to  say  that  the  Bible  that  the  children  bought 
for  the  Butler  church  I  afterwards  used  in  Eich  Hill  and  Eockville, 
and  then  brought  it  to  Kansas,  and  used  it  in  several  churches  here. 
Now  it  is  the  property  of  a  little  church  I  organized  about  five  years 
since  in  Hugoton,  the  county  seat  of  Stevens  County,  where  five 
men  have  been  murdered  in  county  seat  fights.  But  I  am  happy  to 
say  none  of  my  church  members  were  in  the  quarrel. 

"I  am  now  almost  75  years  old,  and  have  preached  almost  46 
years.  I  never  cease  to  rejoice  that  God  has  granted  me  the  privilege 
of  preaching  his  glorious  Gospel.  Excuse  the  length  of  this,  for  I 
have  not  had  time  to  make  it  shorter.     *     * 

'TTours  fraternally, 

"S.  G.  Clark." 

To  the  foregoing  letter  it  is  necessary  to  add  only  that  during 
the  three  years'  ministry  of  Mr.  Clark  there  were  added  to  the  Butler 
church  32  persons  by  letter  and  14  on  profession  of  faith — surely  a 
good  record  for  "quarter  time."  • 

The  next  minister  was  the  Eev.  G.  W.  Macmillan,  who  came 
in  May.  1870,  and  remained  two  years.  He  preached  three  Sabbaths 
a  month  in  Butler  and  one  in  a  school  house  near  where  the  Lone 
Oak  church  i>s  now.  The  Methodists  preached  in  Butler  the  Sabbath 
he  was  away.  The  Session  when  he  came  consisted  of  Judge  David 
McGaughev  and  A.  D.  Taylor,  During  his  ministry  Capt.  E.  P. 
Henry  and  John  C.  McKibben  were  ordained  Elders.  The  town 
rapidly  improved,  doublin*?  in  population  while  Mr.  Macmillan  was 
there,  building  the  Court  House,  the  first  graded  school,  and  the  M. 
E.,  and  Baptist  churches.    Everything  was  prosperous  in  church  and 


240  SKETCHES    OF    C^HUECHES. 

town.    In  the  two  years  26  were  added  by  letter  and  7  on  profession. 

September  15,  1873,  the  Kev.  Edward  W.  P.  Wyatt,  a  brother  of 
Hiram  Wyatt,  who  was  later  elected  Elder,  began  a  short  but  fruitful 
ministry,  lasting,  only  till  the  following  March,  when  he  was  com- 
pelled to  ^ive  up  on  account  of  failing  health.  A  few  weeks  after 
he  died  of  consumption.  While  he  was  in  charge  17  were  added  on 
profession  and  one  by  letter. 

June  1,  1874,  the  Eev.  Elgy  V.  Campbell  began  as  Stated  Supply, 
remaining  until  Thanksgiving  Day  of  the  following  year,  when  he 
accepted  a  call  to  the  field  he  had  left  in  Minnesota,  where  he  re- 
mained many  years.  His  ministry  resulted  in  5  additions  on  pro- 
fession and  3  by  letter.  He  also  began  a  private  school,  out  of 
which  grew  the  Butler  Academy.  He  left  only  pleasant  memories  of 
his  stay  in  Butler,  and  himself  looked  back  on  all  his  experiences 
there  with  pleasure,  "grasshoppers  escepted." 

The  first  Pastor  installed  over  the  church  was  the  Eev.  W.  M. 
Newton,  who  began  his  work  January  1,  1876,  and  remained  seven 
years.  He  was  installed  April  10,  1878,  and  released  December  15, 
1883.  While  he  was  there  90  members  were  added  on  profession  and 
55  by  letter.  Of  this  work  there,  Mr.  Newton  wrote  at  the  time  of 
the  25th  anniversary: 

"At  my  coming  to  Butler  the  church  cut  loose  from  the  Board, 
and  became  self-supporting.  I  took  charge  of  the  church  as  Stated 
Supply  for  whatever  salary  they  might  be  able  to  raise.  The  first 
year  the  salary  was  a  little  short.  The 'next  year  I  was  called  as 
Pastor,  and  there  was  never  any  trouble  about  salary  or  support  while 
I  stayed.  In  this  respect  the  Butler  church  was  always  prompt  and 
liberal  [a  testimony  borne  by  all  the  ministers  it  ever  had] .  My  pas- 
torate in  Butler  was  one  of  the  most  prosperous  periods  in  my  min- 
istry. When  I  began  the  work,  the  church  numbered  about  56  mem- 
bers; when  I  resigned,  it  numbered  about  160.  There  were  additions 
to  the  church  at  almost  every  commimion.  There  were  several  sea- 
sons of  revival,  the  principal  of  which  was  in  the  winter  of  1878, 
when  the  Evangelist,  Bro.  H.  F.  Williams,  and  his  wife  were  with  us. 
Forty-nine  united  with  the  church  that  year — 38  upon  profession 
of  their  faith  in  Christ.  The  growth  of  the  church  during  the 
period  is  not  at  all  to  be  set  down  to  my  credit.  Humanly  speaking, 
it  is  largely  to  be  accounted  for  by  the  fact  that  the  town  was  grow- 
ing. While  I  was  in  Butler,  the  railroad  was  built,  and  the  town  was 
more  than  doubled  in  population. 

"No  part  of  my  work  in  B.  do  I  remember  with  more  satisfac- 
tion than  the  organization  of  the  Ladies'  Missionary  Society.  A 
Ladies'  M.  S.  was  a  new  thing  at  that  time.  There  were  some  doubts 
as  to  its  propriety,  and  many  forebodings  that  it  would  be  short  lived. 
T  remember  that  I  gave  the  ladies  a  great  deal  of  advice,  which  they 
seemed  to  tnko  very  meekly.  I  was  anxious  that  the  Society  would 
be  a  success,  and  I  have  not  been  disappointed." 


BUTLEB.  241 

Mr.  Newton  pays  this  tribute  to  the  memory  of  Elder  A.  D. 
Taylor :  "There  was  Father  Taylor,  a  man  who  had  convictions  and 
was  not  afraid  to  live  up  to  them.  I  recall  an  incident  which  illus- 
trates the  character  of  the  man.  We  had  taken  up  a  collection  for 
Foreign  Missions.  There  was  found  in  the  collection  basket  a  wad  of 
bills,  amounting  to  $15.  Such  a  find  in  your  collection  basket  may 
be  a  common  occurrence  now,  but  it  was  a  phenomenon  imheard  of 
then.  'Surely,'  we  thought,  'there  is  some  mistake.  Somebody  has 
put  in  the  wrong  roll  of  bills.'  But  what  could  we  do  about  it?  If 
'somebody  had  blundered,'  it  was  not  ours  to  "ask  the  reason  why.' 
So  we  sent  on  the  money.  But  after  a  while  it  was  found  out  that 
Father  Taylor  had  put  in  the  $15.  And  he  had  made  no  mistake 
about  it.  He  had  merely  paid  the  Lord  His  tithe,  and  $15  was  the 
proportion  which  fell  to  Foreign  Missions.  Almost  the  last  distinct 
remembrance  1  Juive  of  Futlier  Taylor  was  one  September  morning 
in  Colorado.  He  had  taken  me  out  for  a  ride.  We  drove  up  a  long 
hill  towards  the  East.  Then,  suddenly  turning  his  buggy  around, 
there  right  before  us,  against  the  blue  sky,  wrapped  in  its  mantle 
of  newly  fallen  snow,  stood  Pike's  Peak.  Scarcely  speaking  a  word, 
we  sat  and  gazed  upon  that  scene  of  indescribable  sublimity — fitting 
emblem  of  the  Great  White  Throne  before  which  Father  Taylor  soon 
after  stood  to  render  his  account  and  receive  his  reward." 

Of  Elder  Stobie,  Mr.  Newton  wrote :  "Like  all  who  are  great  in 
the  Kingdom  of  Heaven,  he  was  a  man  of  childlike  simplicity  and 
faith.  He  was  not  conspicuous  in  worldly  circles,  but  what  a  power 
he  was  in  the  prayer  meeting."  Like  Mr.  Clark,  Mr.  Newton  speaks 
highly  of  Elder  E.  P.  Henry:  "Capt.  Henry  was  one  of  those  rare 
men  who,  with  the  strength  and  courage  and  conscientiousness  of 
an  ideal  man,  combine  the  tact  and  tenderness  of  a  woman.  I  never 
think  that  he  has  passed  away  from  earth  without  a  sense  of  personal 
bereavement." 

Surely  a  church  blessed  with  such  Elders,  and  Butler  has  had 
several  such,  is  blessed  above  the  average.  In  how  many  of  our 
churches  a  weak  eldership  is  the  secret  of  their  failure. 

Immediately  after  the  resignation  of  Mr.  Newton,  the  church  ex- 
tended a  call  to  the  Eev.  Alexander  Walker,  who  came  in  January, 
1883,  and  was  installed  April  8  following  and  remained  until  elected 
Synodieal  Missionary  in  October,  1889.  He  received  into  the  church 
48  members  on  profession  and  46  by  letter.  After  his  resignation,  the 
pulpit  was  not  regularly  supplied  for  over  a  year,  when  the  Rev.  John 
B.  Hill  was  called  as  Stated  Supply.  He  began  his  work  November 
23,  1890,  and  remained  four  years,  being  installed  Pastor  from 
January  21,  1892  to  November  20,  1894.  In  that  time  there  were 
46  members  received  on  profession  and  37  by  letter.  The  Rev.  J.  F. 
Watkins  served  as  Pastor  Elect  for  two  years  from  April  1,  1895,  re- 


242  SKETCHES  OF  CHURCHES. 

ceiving  members  on  profession  and  by  letter.  The  present  Pastor,  th*; 
Rev.  Stanley  D.  Jewell,  began  in  December,  1897,  and  was  installed 
May  5,  1898. 

The  Butler  church  can  claim  a  special  motherly  interei«t  in  at 
least  three  ministers:  Charles  A.  and  Samuel  E.  Taylor,  sons  of 
Elder  A.  D.  Taylor,  and  Edwin  M.  Martin,  son  of  Prof.  J.  M.  C. 
Martin  of  Butler  Academy,  who  was  long  the  Superintendent  of  the 
Sabbath  School.  Tbe  Eev.  G.  W.  Marshall,  Missionary  in  China,  was 
also  a  member  of  the  congregation  for  some  time,  while  attending 
Butler  Academy. 

The  church  is  thoroughly  and  efficiently  organized,  having  a  good 
Sabbath  school.  Senior  and  Junior  Endeavor  Societies,  and  a  small, 
but  vigorous  Woman's  Missionary  Soeio.ty,  which  is  one  of  the  most 
energetic  in  the  Presbytery.  No  notice  of  the  Butler  church  would 
be  complete  without  mention  of  it.  For  some  years  its  President  was 
Mrs.  Mary  A.  Fulton,  widow  of  the  late  Rev.  W.  R.  Fulton,  with 
whom  she  shared  many  years  of  missionary  labor  in  this  State.  To 
her,  as  also  to  Mrs.  Prof.  Martin,  much  credit  is  due  for  the  Mission- 
ary spirit  seen  in  the  church.  Both  have  now  gone  home  to  their 
Savior,  but  the  work  they  loved  is  carried  on  by  other  loving  hearts 
and  willing  hands.  The  Session  is  at  present  composed  of  six  life 
members,  most  of  whom  have  been  in  office  for  many  years. 

CALIFORNIA. 

About  1870  a  dmreh  of  eight  members  was  organized  at  Cali- 
fornia by  a  Committee  of  Presbytery  composed  of  A.  J.  Johnson 
and  James  Young  and  Elder  J.  D.  Strain.  It  seems  never  to  have 
been  regularly  supplied  with  preaciiing  (except  for  a  few  month.s  by 
Mr.  YoungJ[,  to  have  built  no  house,  and  soon  to  have  given  place  to 
the  present  organization  in  connection  with  the  Southern  church.  It 
remained  on  the  roll  of  Presbytery  only  from  April  6,  1870,  to  April 
16,  1875. 

CENTERVIEW. 

While  the  Rev.  W.  H.  Hillis  was  preaching  in  Warrensburg,  he 
gathered  a  congregation  at  Centerview  also,  six  miles  west.  February 
8,  1874,  the  new  qpngregation  was  organized  into  a  church  by  Synodi- 
cal  Missionary  J.  W.  Allen.  It  began  with  28  members,  who  in  the 
course  of  about  a  year  had  increased  to  68,  largely  by  profession.  Mr. 
Hillis  continued  to  supply  them  on  Sunday  afternoons  for  about  two 
years,  after  which  they  were  served  by  the  Rev.  James  S.  Poage,  as 
Stated  Supply  for  eleven  years.  In  1879  Centerview  was  among  the 
only  six  churches  in  the  entire  Presbytery  reported  as  self-supporting. 
In  the  spring  of  1881  the  Home  Mission  Committee  reported:  "Cen- 
terview has  seemed  to  recede  from  self-support;  but  this  is  explained 
by  the  fact  that  they  are  straining  themselves  to  build  a  suitable 


CENTERVIEW.  243 

church  home."  They  obtained  a  good  frame  house  of  worship,  ai  a 
cost  of  $1,600.  The  church  has  not  since  reached  self-support,  nor 
has  it  enjoyed  the  full  time  of  its  Minister.  Its  only  resident  Min- 
isters have  been  J.  S.  Poage,  A.  E.  Vanorden  and  H.  C.  White. 

Years  ago  there  was  also  a  United  Presbyterian  church  in  Cen- 
terview,  of  which  the  Rev.  Josiah  Thompson,  now  a  memlser  of  this 
Presbytery,  was  Pastor  from  1867-73.  After  an  absence  of  four  years 
in  Pennsylvania,  Dr.  Thompson  returned  and  has  since  made  Centei> 
view  his  home. 

CLINTON. 

From  a  sketch  furnished  by  Elder  J.  C.  Middelcoff,  it  appears 
that  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Clinton  was  organized  in 
June,  1858,  by  the  Eev.  David  Coulter,  the  Committee  appointed  by 
the  Presbytery  of  Lafayette.  The  petition  for  organization  was  signed 
by  six  men  and  eight  women.  Two  Ruling  Elders  were  ordained 
and  installed.  "This  church  was  founded  at  the  time  when  the 
Church  was  divided  doctrinally  into  New  School  and  Old  School,  and 
by  its  records  shows  that  it  was  emphatically  of  the  Old  School 
branch."  Its  principal  Supply  before  the  Civil  War  was  the  Eev.  R. 
S.  Reese,  who  preached  there  monthly  until  the  war  came  on.  During 
that  struggle  there  were  no  services  held.  Mr.  Reese  again  supplied 
the  pulpit  from  1868  to  1870. 

During  the  period  of  suspended  animation  of  the  original  or- 
ganization, a  new  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Clinton  was  organized 
by  the  Rev.  J.  M.  Brown,  the  organizer  for  the  New  School  Church 
in  the  southern  part  of  the  Presbytery  of  Osage.  The  petition  for 
this  organization  is  a  model  of  its  kind :  "We,  the  undersigned  resi- 
dents of  Clinton  and  its  vicinity,  believing  that  the  interests  of 
Christ's  Kingdom  and  our  own  spiritual  welfare  would  be  pro- 
moted by  the  organization  of  a  Presbyterian  church  in  this  place, 
do  hereby  request  the  Rev.  J.  M.  Brown  to  meet  us  on  the  18th  day 
of  February,  1866,  at  2  o'clock  p.  m.,  and  organize  us  into  such 
church."  It  is  signed  by  seven  persons,  three  of  them  men.  The 
organization  was  effected  as  requested,  Mr.  James  A.  de  la  Vergne, 
formerly  an  Elder  in  Aurora,  Ind.,  being  elected  and  installed  as 
Ruling  Elder. 

For  the  first  few  years  the  church  was  only  irregularly  supplied 
with  preaching,  mainly  bv  Synodical  Missionary  Norton,  Elder  de 
la  Vergne  and  Ministers  Conant  and  S.  G.  Clark.  Its  first  Stated 
Supply  was  the  Rev.  J.  J.  Brown,  who  remained  but  one  year,  fol' 
lowed  by  the  Rev.  J.  B.  Allen  for  three  years.  The  first  Pastor 
was  the  Rev.  Reuel  Dodd.  who  remained  four  years.  During  I^tr. 
Dodd's  pastorate,  the  Old  School  organization,  then  identified  with 
that  portion  of  the  Presbytery  of  Lafayette  that  signed  the  Declara- 
tion of  Testimony,  united  with  the  younger  organization,  the  eatire 


244  SKETCHES  OF  CHURCHES. 

membership  (with  one  exception)  having  been  received.  On  April  4, 
1875,  the  Session  of  the  church  passed  the  follov.-ing  resolution  "That 
this  proposition  to  unite  with  us  as  a  church  be  cordially  received 
and  accepted;  and  moreover  that  it  is  recommended  that  this  sister 
church  be  publicly  Avelcomed  to  an  organic  union  with  us  on  the 
following  Sabbath,  by  a  rising  vote  of  our  own  church  membership.^' 
The  union  of  the  two  churches  then  consummated  has  been  a  real 
union  ever  since. 

The  original  building  of  the  church  was  erected  about  1870 
at  a  cost  of  about  $2,500,  of  which  $G00  came  from  the  Board  of 
the  Church  Erection  Fund,  and  $130  from  friends  in  Indiana,  a 
mortgage  of  $730  being  given  the  Board.  This  building  and  its 
ground  were  sold  in  1883  and  the  present  lots  purchased  and  build- 
ing erected  at  a  cost  of  about  $5,000,  all  raised  at  home,  except  $200 
from  the  Board  of  Church  Erection.  Since  then  the  interior  of  the 
church  has  been  remodeled  and  a  manse  erected  on  an  adjoining 
lot. 

COLD  NECK. 

Possibly  should  be  Cole  Neck.  The  name  appears  in  certain 
early  lists  of  churches  in  this  region.  No  facts  concerning  its  his- 
tory have  been  discovered.     Pettis  County. 

CONCORD. 

Name  changed  to  Salt  Springs. 

CREIGHTON. 

After  the  reorganization  of  the  Presbytery  of  Lafayette  at  the 
close  of  the  war,  the  first  church  it  organized  was  that  which  is  now 
known  as  Creighton.  It  has  had  three  different  names  in  its  history, 
besides  being  frequently  referred  to  as  the  Wadesburg  church  and  the 
Grant  church.  No  other  organization  has  had  so  many  names.  Dr. 
George  Miller  says  (Missouri's  Memorable  Decade,  p.  141)  :  "We 
held  a  few  days'  meeting  at  Mrs.  Morrow's,  and  organized  the  church 
in  her  log  house,  that  stood  on  the  farm  when  she  bought  it  a  year 
before." 

A  sketch  of  the  historv  of  the  church,  furnished  by  Elder  Hughes 
in  1898,  says:  "The  following  is  a  copy  of  the  first  record  of  the 
Minutes  of  Session,  dated  November  10,  1866:  In  answer  to  a  peti- 
tion sent  to  the  Presbytery  of  Lafayette,  praying  for  a  church  or- 
ganization at  Wadesburg,  Cass  County,  Mo.,  the  Rev.  George  Miller, 
of  Pleasant  Hill,  Mo.,  was  appointed  by  Presbytery  to  organize  a 
church  at  the  above  mentioned  place,  which  organization  took  place 
November  10,  1866,  and  by  mutual  consent  of  its  members  is  to  be 
called  Sugar  Creek.     The  following  officers  were  elected,  viz.:     J. 


CREIGHTOK  245 

K.  Morrow  and  J.  M.  C.  Wilson,  Elders;  and  D.  T.  Morrow  and 
David  Erwin,  Deacons.  The  membership  is  as  follows:  J.  K.  Mor- 
row, J.  M.  C.  Wilson,  D.  T.  Morrow,  Matthew  Morrow,  David  Erwin, 
J.  M.  Erwin,  S.  S.  Hughes,  Melinda  E.  Morrow,  B.  H.  Wilson,  Eliza- 
beth Morrow,  Sarah  Morrow,  Mary  J.  Erwin,  Elizabeth  Wilson, 
Emma  E.  Erwin,  Eliza  H.  Wilson,  Martha  J.  Wilson,  Kate  M.  Mor- 
row, Belle  M.  Morrow.  '        J.  M.  C.  Wilson,  Clerk.' 

"S.  S.  Hughes,  Matthew  Morrow  and  J.  M.  Erwin  were  the  first 
Board  of  Trustees.  I  might  remark,  parenthetically,  that  all  the 
above  named  members  had  lately  come  from  Ohio,  14  from  Wayne 
County,  and  13  from  Sugar  Creek  church,  Dalton,  0.  The  Rev. 
J.  H.  Byers,  of  Danville,  Ky.,  preached  for  us  on  August  18,  1867, 
in  the  Morrow  Grove,  where  during  the  summer  we  had  been  having 
a  Sabbath  school.  During  the  winter  of  1867-8  the  church  wor- 
shipped in  the  Wadesburg  school  house;  but  in  the  meantime  a 
church  building  was  being  erected.  September  24  the  Presbytery 
of  Lafayette  met  in  the  new  church,  and  on  the  27th  the  church 
was  dedicated  free  of  debt,  costing  about  $1,800.  The  house  was 
in  the  village  of  Grant,  though  the  postoffice  was  Wadesburg.  April 
13,  1874  the  name  was  changed  to  Olive  Branch;  and  such  it  re- 
mained until  April  12,  1887,  when  the  Presbytery  of  Osage,  sitting 
at  Pleasant  Hill,  ratified  the  action  of  the  church  in  changing  the 
name  from  Olive  Branch  to  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Creigh- 
ton,  having  removed  the  church  to  the  new  town  of  Creighton  on 
the  railroad. 

"The  Women's  Missionary  Society  was  organized  April  21,  1877, 
and  has  always  been  a  great  power  for  good  in  the  church." 

The  Elders  in  the  order  of  ordination  have  been :  J.  K.  Morrow, 
J.  M.  C.  Wilson,  R.  L.  Taylor,  W.  B.  Wills,  J.  W.  Byers,  J.  D.  King, 
David  Erwin,  S.  S.  Hughes,  W.  B.  Constant  and  J.  W.  McClamon. 
The  church  has  numbered  as  high  as  122  members  at  one  time,  but 
now  has  about  60.  Wlien  the  house  was  removed  from  Grant  to 
Creighton,  it  was  torn  do-\m  and  rebuilt  at  a  cost  of  about  $900 
additional,  including  a  belfry.  A  list  of  the  ministers  who  have 
supplied  this  church  will  be  found  in  the  tabular  history  elsewhere. 

The  ladies  of  the  Creighton  church  had  much  to  do  with  the 
organization  of  the  Presbyterial  Missionary  Society,  in  which  some 
of  them  have  usually  been  among  the  efficient  officers.  September 
11,  1879,  the  Presbytery  of  Osage  "Resolved  that  this  Presbytery 
notices  with  great  pleasure  the  interest  in  the  work  of  Missions 
among  the  women  of  the  Olive  Branch  church,  and  prayerfully  hopes 
that  it  may  deepen  not  only  in  this  place,  but  spread  far  and  wide; 
and  that  we  heartily  commend  their  efforts  to  organize  a  Presby- 
terial Missionary  Society  in  connection  with  the  Women's  Board  of 
Missions  for  the  Southwest." 


246  SKETCHES  OF  CHUECHES. 

The  Creighton  church  has  never  heen  able  to  maintain  a  min- 
ister for  all  his  time.  It  has  been  a  diflScnlt  one  to  group  with  others 
under  the  care  of  the  same  minister,  on  account  of  its  distance  from 
one  from  which  it  can  be  reached.  For  some  years  it  has  been 
under  the  care  of  the  Pastor-at-large. 

DEEPWATEE   (GEEMANTOWN). 

The  history  of  this  church  is  almost  synonymous  with  that  of 
the  Eev.  Amasa  Jones,  a  sketch  of  whom  appears  elsewhere.  It  is 
not  known  when  work  was  first  begun  in  this  neighborhood,  to  which 
Dr.  Jones  moved  about  1838,  he  being  among  the  earliest  settlers. 
Enough  members  were  finally  gathered  together  to  organize  the 
church,  March  13,  1842.  Several  of  them  were  from  the  old  Har- 
mony Mission.  Some  years  later  the  adobe  church  was  built  almost 
entirely  by  the  hands  and  the  purse  of  Dr.  Jones.  It  remained  the 
only,  and  amply  sufficient  house  of  worship  occupied  in  the  history 
of  this  congregation.  In  1844  a  revival  came,  bringing  into  the 
membership  about  40  members,  26  of  them  on  profession  of  faith. 
Other  seasons  of  refreshing  were  experienced  there  during  the  long 
pastorate  of  Dr.  Jones,  who  remained  with  them  until  the  close  of 
his  life  in  1870.  In  1867  he  secured  as  assistant  the  Eev.  B.  F. 
Powelson.  Mr.  Powelson  married  a  granddaughter  of  Dr.  Jones, 
and  remained  with  the  church  till  the  railroad  left  them  off  its 
line  and  took  the  members  of  the  church  away,  necessitating  the 
dissolution  of  the  old  organization  in  1873.  Most  of  its  members 
became  identified  with  the  Montrose  church. 

Though  never  large,  this  church  and  its  Pastor  had  a  marked 
influence  on  the  entire  surrounding  community.  As  long  ago  as 
1845,  Dr.  Jones  wrote  of  it:  "The  Deepwater  church  is  still  very 
feeble,  and  very  peculiarly  situated.  It  stands  alone,  like  a  little 
grove  in  the  prairie.  There  are  now  three  societies  in  its  imme- 
diate neighborhood,  and  almost  every  adult  in  its  vicinity  already 
belongs  to  one  of  these."  Who  can  tell  how  many  souls  were  born 
again  in  that  "little  grove  in  the  prairie"  ?  how  many  weary  travelers 
there  refreshed?  how  many  other  churches  might  be  traced  to  the 
zealous  work  there  done? 

DEEPWATEE. 

The  present  church  in  the  town  of  Deepwater  is  in  no  way 
connected  with  the  old  Deepwater  or  adobe  church  sometimes  known 
as  the  Germantown  church.  The  Deepwater  church  now  in  our  con- 
nection was  organized  April  1,  1886  by  the  Eevs.  E.  H.  Jackson 
and  J.  F.  Watkins,  the  former  of  whom  supplied  it  for  four  years 
in  connection  with  the  church  of  Westfield.     Its  only  other  regular 


DEEPWATER.  247 

Supplies  have  been  Ministers  Coleman  (3  years),  Sproule  (4  years), 
and  Van  der  Lippe   (since  December,  1898). 

Soon  after  its  organization  it  erected  a  frame  house  of  worship, 
and  five  years  later  a  six  room  parsonage.  In  both  these  efforts  it 
was  assisted  by  the  Board  of  the  Church  Erection  Fund. 

This  is  one  of  the  churches  most  often  visited  by  Evangelist 
Railsback,  at  times  with  large  ingathering.  Its  membership  has  fluct- 
uated greatly,  owing  both  to  these  seasons  of  revival  and  to  the  ordi- 
nary fluctuations  of  a  manufacturing  town. 

DOUBLE  BRANCHES. 
See  Lone  Oak. 

DOVER. 

Organized  in  1857.  Lafayette  Presbytery.  Now  in  the  Southern 
connection. 

DREXEL. 

During  the  construction  of  the  Pitt-sburg  and  Gulf  Ry.,  (now 
the  Kansas  City  Southern),  the  town  of  Drexel  sprung  up  in  the 
southwest  corner  of  Cass  County.  Several  persons  who  had  been 
members  of  the  Sharon  church,  three  and  one-half  miles  east, 
moved  to  tbe  new  town,  and  petitioned  Presbytery  to  organize  a 
church  there.  H'uly  12,  1891,  an  organization  of  13  members  was 
effected  by  the  Synodical  Missionary,  Alexander  Walker,  and  the 
Rev.  W.  F.  Shields  and  an  Elder  from  the  Sharon  church.  "With 
the  help  of  the  Board  of  Church  Erection  the  new  organization  soon 
obtained  a  convenient  frame  building,  costing  $1,500.  The  new  or- 
ganization weakened  the  Sharon  church  so  much  that  the  time 
of  tbe  Pastor,  which  had  theretofore  been  all  occupied  at  Sharon, 
was  divided  with  the  new  church,  and  later  with  the  Fairview  church 
also.  It  has  had  but  three  Stated  Supplies — W.  F.  Shields,  Wm. 
Sickles  and  George  B.  Sproule. 

EBENEZER. 
See  Raymore. 

EL  DORADO  SPRINGS. 

The  church  at  El  Dorado  Springs  was  organized  July  3,  1884,  by 
Synodical  Missionarv  Thomas  Marshall,  assisted  by  the  Rev.  J.  H. 
Allin  and  Elder  Sensenderfer  of  Warrensburg.  None  of  these 
brethren  were  members  of  the  Presbytery  of  Ozark,  within  whose 
bounds  the  new  church  was  formed.  At  the  next  meeting  of  that 
Presbytery,  however,  their  action  was  approved,  and  the  church  was 
enrolled,  with  the  recommendation  that  "for  tbe  present  it  be  grouped 
with  contiguous  fields  in  the  Presbytery  of  Osage."  As  this  was 
its  logical  grouping,  the  Presbyterial  boundaries  were  soon  so  ad- 
justed as  to  throw  it  within  our  bounds. 


248  SKETCHES  OF  CHURCHES. 

The  town  of  El  Dorado  Springs  is,  as  its  name  would  indicate, 
a  watering  place,  much  frequented  for  the  cure  of  certain  diseases. 
Until  the  summer  of  1898  its  nearest  railroad  point  was  Walker, 
on  the  M.  K.  &  T.  Ey.  It  is  now  connected  with  the  outside  world 
by  a  branch  line  from  that  point,  which  puts  it  in  good  connection 
with  all  points  except  to  the  south.  The  town  is  growing,  and  seems 
destined  to  become  still  more  important. 

The  Presbyterian  church  which  began  with  four  male  and  nine 
female  members  has  usually  had  only  part  of  the  time  of  a  Minister, 
when  indeed  it  was  supplied  at  all  with  preaching.  It  has  had  very 
little  pastoral  work.  The  organization  has  under  these  circumstances 
naturally  remained  weak.  In  1888  a  frame  store  building,  with  hall 
above  was  purchased,  which  has  since  been  used  for  church  pur- 
poses. It  is  neatly  fitted  up  and  answers  all  needs,  except  in  ap- 
pearance, which  is  not  churehly.  It  is  thought  that  when  there 
can  be  a  settled  Pastor  in  El  Dorado,  this  church  will  grow  into 
one  of  the  best  in   the  southern  part  of  the  Presbytery. 

FAIEVIEW  (BATES  COUNTY.) 

The  first  Presbyterian  preaching  in  the  country  neighborhood 
where  the  Fairview  church  now  is  was  about  the  5''ear  1890,  when  the 
Rev.  W.  F.  Shields,  now  a  Missionary  among  the  Laos,  then  Pastor 
of  the  Sharon  church,  preached  several  times  in  the  Fairview  school 
house.  As  the  Wesleyan  Methodists  then  had  an  organization  there, 
no  further  Presbyterian  effort  was  made  until  the  summer  of  1894, 
when,  the  Methodist  church  having  disappeared,  the  community  was 
canvassed  by  the  Rev.  John  B.  Hill,  of  Butler,  and  found  desirous 
of  a  Presbyterian  organization.  The  Home  Mission  Committee  of 
Presbytery  then  sent  the  Rev.  T.  J.  May  to  preach  once  a  month  in 
the  Fairview  school  house.     His  efforts  bore  immediate  fruit. 

The  church  was  organized  November  18,  1894,  by  a  Committee 
of  Presbytery  consisting  of  Ministers  John  B.  Hill  and  T.  J.  May,  and 
Elder  P.  H.  Holcomb  of  Butler.  Eleven  members  came  by  letter 
and  nine  on  confession  of  Christ.  Meanwhile  a  church  building 
had  been  begun  on  a  lot  adjacent  to  the  school  house,  one  of  the 
most  sightly  spots  in  Bates  County.  From  the  roof  of  the  new 
church  the  carpenters  reported  they  could  see  thirteen  towns. 
January  20,  1895,  their  beautiful  church,  costing  about  $2,500,  all 
raised  at  home,  was  dedicated  free  of  debt.  The  exercises  on  the 
occasion  were  conducted  by  Ministers  T,  J.  May,  C.  H.  Bruce,  D.  D., 
and  John  B.  Hill.  A  series  of  meetings  soon  after  conducted  by 
Mr.  May  resulted  in  the  reception  of  67  new  members,  nearly  all 
of  them  on  profession  of  faith. 

A  large  share  of  the  credit  for  the  early  success  of  this  work 
is  due  to  the  consecrated  efforts  of  its  first  Elder,  Philander  L. 
Wyatt,  who  spared  neither  time,  means,  effort  nor  prayers  for  the 


FAIRVIEW  (BATES  COUNTY).  249 

work  that  lay  so  near  his  heart.  Its  Ministers  have  been  T.  J. 
May,  Wm.  Coleman  and  G.  B.  Sproule,  under  the  last  of  whom  the 
church  was  grouped  with  those  of  Sharon  and  Drexel. 

FAIRVIEW  (HENRY  COUNTY.) 

Organized  in  1871  bv  Osage  Presbytery.  United  with  Brown- 
ington. 

FAIRVIEW  (JOHNSON  COUNTY.) 

See  Kingsville. 

FREEMAN. 

This  church,  originally  called  Morristown,  was  organized  in 
connection  with  the  Presbytery  of  Lexington,  by  the  Rev.  Soth  G. 
Clark,  February  9,  1868.  It  began  with  three  meml)ers.  Its  first 
Minister  was  the  Rev.  D.  McNaughton,  who  remained  till  1871. 
During  his  stay  with  them,  a  small  house  of  worship  was  built. 
April  23,  1872,  the  Presbytery  of  Osage  took  this  action:  "A  peti- 
tion was  read  from  certain  Presbyterians  of  Freeman  in  Cass  County 
requesting  Presbytery  to  organize  them  into  a  church  and  supply 
them  with  the  preached  Gospel.  The  signers  were  largely  made  up 
of  the  Morristown  church.  Whereupon  the  following  action  was 
taken :  Resolved  that  a  Committee  be  appointed  to  visit  the  Morris- 
town church,  and  confer  Avith  them  in  regard  to  their  present  condi- 
tion and  wants ;  and  give  them  instructions  in  regard  to  their  duties 
to  their  former  Supply,  and  to  the  question  of  a  new  organization  or 
transfer  of  the  Morristown  church  to  the  town  of  Freeman.  Also  re- 
solved that  if  the  Morristown  church  shall  formally  vote,  requesting 
Presbytery  to  change  the  name  to  that  of  Freeman,  that  the  Stated 
Clerk  be  authorized  to  cancel  the  name  when  this  Committee  shall 
report  that  necessary  action  has  been  taken  by  the  church." 

After  Mr.  McNaughton's  time  the  clmrcb  seems  to  have  been 
supplied  by  Ministers  J.  B.  Vawter,  Lie.  J.  W.  Talbot,  Geo.  Miller 
(in  whose  time  Presbyterv  voted  it  $500  Home  Mission  aid).  Lie. 
W.  P.  Baker,  L.  Dudley,  and  Josiah  Thompson.  A  judicial  case 
against  an  Elder  in  this  church  came  before  Presbytery  several  times, 
being  postponed  each  time  on  account  of  the  health  of  the  accused 
until  it  was  finally  disposed  of  by  his  death.  The  next  year  the 
only  remaining  Elder  refused  to  co-operate  with  or  recognize  as 
Elders  two  who  had  been  elected  in  place  of  the  one  deceased.  He 
was  exhorted  by  Presbytery  to  co-operate  with  them  thereafter.  At 
the  next  meeting  of  Presbytery  a  paper  purporting  to  be  a  request  for 
the  dissolution  of  the  Freeman  church  and  the  disposition  of  the 
property  was  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Church  Erection."  At  the 
next  meeting  of  Presbytery,  April,  1882,  the  church  was  dissolved. 

GEORGETOWN. 
Pettis  County,  Osage  Presbytery,  1842.     Never  a  vigorous  or- 
ganization. 
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250  SKETCHES  OF  CHURCHES. 

GREENWOOD. 

Materials  are  not  at  hand  for  as  good  a  sketch  of  this  church  as 
we  could  desire.  Soon  after  the  war  there^  was  an  immigration  into 
the  beautiful  farming  region  about  Greenwood.  Nearly  all  that 
came  seem  to  have  had  religious  training,  and  to  have  a  strong 
preference  for  the  particular  church  in  which  they  were  reared.  An 
early  attempt  to  organize  a  New  School  Presbyterian  church  was 
made  by  the  Rev.  S.  G.  Clark,  a  small  colony  of  whose  friends  came 
out  with  him  from  Ohio  and  settled  at  Greenwood.  Other  denomi- 
nations almost  immediately  followed.  A  letter  from  Mr,  Clark  dated 
February  5,  1868,  says:    "I  much  regret  the  folly  of  Greenwood;  but 

I  can  not  feel  that  I  am  at  all  to  blame  in  the  matter 

Brother  Miller  of  Pleasant  Hill  is  going  to  organize  several  Old 
School  families  into  a  church,  and  the  U.  P.'s  have  already  organized. 
It  will  take  a  stronger  ....  man  than  ....  to  make 
the  Congregational  church  live  long."  This  lack  of  cohesion  among 
the  various  elements  that  ought  to  have  been  combined  in  one 
strong  organization  has  been  very  marked  in  the  history  of  the  town 
ever  since. 

The  present  organization  at  Greenwood  was  made  March  1, 
1869,  by  the  Rev.  Chas.  Sturdevant,  of  the  Presbytery  of  Lafayette, 
and  the  Rev.  J.  V.  A.  Woods,  of  the  Presbytery  of  Topeka.  The 
original  elders  were  James  Wharry  and  J.  L.  Van  Meter.  There 
were  eleven  original  members  (five  male  and  six  female),  ten  of 
whom  came  by  letter.  The  first  year  the  pulpit  was  supplied  by 
Mr.  Sturdevant  and  by  the  Rev.  J.  W.  Allen.  The  Rev.  Geo.  Miller 
of  Pleasant  Hill,  who  had  not  been  preaching  since  he  suffered  a 
sunstroke  some  years  before,  was  then  called  to  take  charge.  He 
began  with  one  service  a  day,  twice  a  month.  In  three  months  a 
wonderful  revival  occurred  that  admitted  about  forty  members  to 
the  little  church  that  had  only  twenty  when  he  came.  A  very  effi- 
cient young  people's  organization  was  formed.  Biit  soon  the  finan- 
cial crisis  of  1873  caught  those  carrying  mortgages,  and  decimated 
the  church.  In  March  of  that  year  there  was  a  curious  trial  of  two 
members,  a  man  and  his  wife,  who  claimed  sinless  perfection,  and 
that  by  their  prayers  they  had  cast  out  a  devil  from  their  own 
child,  and  had  raised  to   life  a   man  seven   minutes   dead. 

For  many  years  the  church  has  been  weak,  often  iinsupplicd 
with  preaching  for  a  year  or  more  at  a  time.  Part  of  the  time 
it  has  been  supplied  by  a  Minister  in  the  Southern  connection.  For 
some  years  it  was  supplied  with  more  or  less  regularity  by  J.  V.  A. 
Woods,  A.  T.  Robertson,  Josiah  Thompson,  W.  H.  Rogers  and 
C.  0.  Hembrec.  About  the  time  the  latter  came,  the  Rev.  L.  Rails- 
back  held  a  series  of  meetings  there  at  which  a  large  number  of 
members  were  received.  Soon,  however,  serious  difficulty  arose,  from 
which  the  church  was  slow  to  recover. 


GRIilENWOOD.  251 

The  only  Pastor  ever  installed  at  Greenwood  (where  his  widow 
still  resides),  was  the  Eev.  D.  K.  Crockett,  whose  installation  oc- 
curred November  1,  1888.  He  remained  about  four  years,  being 
succeeded  by  the  Rev.  Joseph  ]\Iayou  for  one  year,  and  by  the  Rev. 
Wm.  Coleman  for  over  two  years.  While  Mr.  Coleman  was  there, 
he  was  assisted  by  the  Rev.  J.  F..  Watkins,  of  Jefferson  City,  in  a 
series  of  meetings  resulting  in  a  large  accession  to  the  membership. 

The  church  has  been  several  times  supplied  by  Licentiates, 
during  their  summer  vacations.  Some  of  these  have  done  good 
work,  notably  W.  B.  Chancellor,  in  the  summer  of  1896,  since  which 
time  the  church  has  enjoyed  but  little  stated  preaching. 

"  HARMONY. 

Organized  (in  the  Congregational  form?)  by  the  Missionaries 
of  Harmony  Mission,  1822.  Never  contained  many  members  out- 
side of  the  Mission  families.  Merged  its  existence  into  the  Little 
Osage,  Marmiton,  Deepw^ter  and  Double  Branches  (Lone  Oak) 
churches. 

HARRISONVILLE. 

After  all  the  efforts  that  have  been  made,  it  seems  strange  that 
there  is  not  now  any  Presbyterian  church  in  Harrisonville.  If  there 
has  been  no  Presbyterian  harvest  there,  it  has  not  been  for  lack  of 
sowing  and  that  often  in  tears,  as  will  be  seen  from  the  following 
letter,  written  in  1849  to  the  Rev.  Dr.  Artemas  Bullard,  of  the 
Missouri  Home  Missionary  Society.  The  writer  was  the  Rev.  Amasa 
Jones  who  had  to  travel  seventy  miles  a  month  horseback  to  supply 
the  place  with  preaching.  He  said:  "I  have  just  returned  from 
Harrisonville.  My  mind  has  become  so  intensely  intrested  for  that 
people  that  I  feel  it  would  be  committing  sin  not  to  make  a  mighty  ef- 
fort to  do  something  more  permanently  for  them.  The  importance  of 
their  location  has  been  before  too  much  overlooked.  Should  the 
great  national  road  ever  be  made,  it  must  necessarily  pass,  if  not 
through  the  midst  of  them,  very  near  to  them.  As  a  county,  it  must 
be  of  vast  imnortance — as  much  so  as  almost  any  one  in  the  state 
— the  starting  and  returning  point  to  and  from  the  great  West  and 
that  which  once  was  called  the  extreme  East.  Beside  this.  Provi- 
dence seems  most  fully  to  indicate  that  now  is  the  time  to  strengthen 
that  which  is  ready  to  perish.  Could  I  devote  all  my  time,  with 
my  enfeebled  state  of  health,  it  would  not  be  possible  to  do  all 
that  should  be  done.  It  is  a  field  that  calls  for  nerve  and  talent 
of  no  ordinary  character  to  prepare  the  way  for  the  glory  and  per- 
manency which,  we  hope,  are  to  follow.  In  laying  the  founda- 
tion it  will  require  deep  digging  and  a  perseverance  to  the  end. 
Let  us  send  up  our  cries  to  Heaven ;  it  may  be  God  will  hear  our 
groan  in  ors,  and  will  come  down  and  so  order  it  in  His  providence 
that  the  very  help  needed  may  be  granted.  Shall  a  church  be  built 
UT)  here  of  such  a  character  and  influence  as  that  those  who  ran 


252  SKETCHES  OF  CHUECHES. 

to  and  fro  that  knowledge  may  be  increased  shall,  when  they  see 
them,  bless  God  and  take  courage?  It  should,  and  it  must,  become 
an  Appii  Forum.  Such  a  nlace  is  needed  for  recruiting  the  energies 
and  for  exhilarating  the  spirits  of  those  engaged  in  the  great  work 
of  saving  souls." 

Harrisonville  has  since  those  davs  become  an  important  town, 
but  has  never  reached  the  metropolitan  proportions,  either  com- 
mercially or  ecclesiastically,  that  the  good  Dr.  Jones  longed  for. 
So  far  as  known,  the  ISTew  School  church,  with  which  Dr.  Jones 
was  then  connected,  never  succeeded  in  forming  an  organization 
there  before  the  war.  Possibly  the  element  he  hoped  to  reach 
was  that  which  formed  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian  church. 

It  was  not  until  1860  that  the  Old  School  people  effected  an 
organization  in  Harrisonville.  A  committee  consisting  of  Ministers 
J.  T.  Leonard  and  D.  Coulter  and  Elder  Grant  reported,  September 
22,  that  they  had  organized  a  church  there  consisting  of  seven 
members.  Naturally  this  feeble  organization  could  not  survive  the 
war. 

After  the  war,  Harrisonville  was  one  of  the  earliest  points 
to  attract  the  attention  of  the  Eev.  S.  G.  Clark,  the  pioneer  Mis- 
sionary of  the  Presbytery  of  Lexington.  He  formed  an  organiza- 
tion there  March  17,  1867.  In  February  of  the  next  year  he  wrote 
that  there  was  "a  grand  field  at  Harrisonville  for  any  live,  strong, 
devoted  man;  but  a  third  rate  man  will  not  do."  He  was  much 
pleased  to  turn  over  the  work  there  to  the  Eev.  Hiram  Hill,  and 
wished  that  "we  had  forty  men  like  him  for  Western  Missouri." 
But  Holden  soon  claimed  all  Mr.  H's.  time,  and  Harrisonville  was 
supplied  by  the  Eev.  D.  McISTaughton,  who  had  recently  come  from 
Canada.  He  was  indefatigable  in  his  labors,  having  as  many  as 
nine  preaching  places  at  once  in  that  region.  But  the  H.  church 
languished.  In  June,  1868,  the  Eev.  E.  B.  Sherwood,  who  had 
succeeded  Mr.  Clark  as  Presbyterial  Missionary,  held  a  meeting 
there,  and  reorganized  the  church  with  fourteen  members^  (the 
former  organization  having  dwindled  to  only  one  resident  member. 
He  did  not,  however,  succeed  in  getting  what  he  desired,  the  settle- 
ment there  of  a  man  who  should  devote  his  whole  time  to  that  one 
church.  The  Eev.  Philander  Eead  labored  there  and  at  Austin  for 
several  months,  1869.  This  organization,  like  its  predecessors,  soon 
vanished.  Its  name  was  stricken  from  the  roll  of  churches  of  the 
Presbytery,  Octol)or  18,  1872,  when  an  investigating  Committee  re- 
ported: "We  find  our  members,  with  one  exception,  have  united 
with  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian  church,  feeling  that  there  was 
no  prospect  of  builrling  up  a  church  in  our  connection,  and  that 
further  effort  in  that  direction,  at  present,  is  useless.  There  is  no 
oflficial   member,   the  Elders   both   l^eing  dead." 

The  Home  Mission  Committees  of  both  the  Northern  and  Ihc 
Southern  Churches  have  investigated  Harrisonville  several  times  in 


HARRISONVILLE.  253 

recent  years,  but  have  not  deemed  it  wise  to  attempt  any  further 
organization  there. 

HIGH  GEOVE. 

Organized  by  Presbytery  of  Upper  Missouri,  upon  petition  of 
twenty  persons  in  Southern  part  of  Jackson  andNorthern  part  of  Cass 
County,  presented  October  4,  1855,  fifteen  miles  southeast  of  Kansas 
City.     See  Dr.  George  Miller's  reminiscences  on  p.  106. 

HIGH  POINT. 

This  church  was  organized  by  the  Rev.  James  Young,  April 
25,  1868.  There  were  fourteen  members,  five  male  and  nine  female. 
The  Rev.  C.  H.  Dunlap,  another  member  of  the  Committee,  was 
not  present.  Mr.  Young  supplied  the  church  until  October,  1873, 
during  which  time  a  neat  frame  building,  26  by  38  feet,  was  erected. 
It  cost  $900  cash,  of  which  $300  was  raised  at  home,  $100  came 
from  the  Board  of  Church  Erection,  and  $500  from  W.  W.  Hicks, 
of  New  York.  There  was  also  a  large  amount  of  volunteer  labor 
contributed. 

Being  off  the  railroad,  twelve  miles  from  the  nearest  point, 
this  community  has  not  grown,  and  the  church  has  been  a  difficult 
one  to  group  with  others  to  secure  preaching.  It  has  been  supplied 
at  different  times,  with  more  or  less  regularity,  by  A.  J.  Johnson,  of 
Otterville;  by  Robert  Morrison,  of  the  Southern  church;  by  Wilson 
Asdale,  John  B.  Hill  and  E.  W.  McCluskv,  of  the  Tipton  church : 
by  A.  E.  Vanorden,  of  Centerview ;  and  by  Pastors-at-large  T. 
J.  May,  L.  Railsback  and  J.  F.  Watkins. 

Small  as  it  is,  composed  mainly  of  the  members  of  three  or 
four  large  families,  it  has  maintained  a  good  Sabbath  school  and 
Endeavor  Society,  and  is  characterized  by  a  strong  missionary  spirit. 
Though  able  to  get  preaching  but  once  a  month,  it  pays  promptJy 
for  what  it  gets,  and  has  usually  had  to  send  some  one  in  on  Satur- 
day twelve  miles  over  hilly  roads  and  bridgeless  streams  to  meet 
the  preacher  at  the  railroad  station,  and  to  send  some  one  back 
again   with  him  on  his  return. 

In  this  church  the  Rev.  S.  Edward  Young,  now  Pastor  of  the 
Second  Church  of  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  was  trained,  and  to  it  he  fre- 
quently returns  for  his  summer  vacation  at  the  home  of  his  mother, 
widow  of  the  late  Rev.  James  Young. 

The  following  report  to  the  Presbytery  of  Osage  was  adopted 
April  12,  1882:  '^our  Committee  appointed  at  the  last  spring 
meeting  of  Presbytery  to  inquire  into  the  standing  of  the  property 
left  by  Mr.  Lockhart  of  Moniteau  County  to  the  nearest  Calvinistic 
Presbyterian  church  would  report  that  $121.42  and  80  acres  of 
land  were  so  willed.  But  the  will  is  very  vague,  and  in  direct  con- 
flict with  th\^  old  Constitution  of  this  State,  13th  section.     We  are 


254  SKETCHES  OF  CHURCHES. 

of  opinion,  after  consulting  several  persons,  that  Presbytery  can 
do  nothing  in  the  matter.  High  Point  is  the  nearest,  and  now  that 
they  have  an  Elder  they  can  make  an  effort,  if  they  so  desire.  Our 
County  Attorney,  Mr.  Hazell,  says  that,  in  his  judgment,  to  proceed 
would  only  result  in  defeat,  and  serve  to  illustrate  the  old  adage 
of  throwing  good  money  after  bad. 

"A.  Walker,  Chn.,  for  the  Com." 

HOLDEN. 

This  church  was  organized  by  the  Rev.  Seth  G.  Clark,  N'ovember 
4,  1866,  with  seven  members,  all  by  letter,  three  male  and  four 
female.  It  was  the  first  church  Father  Clark  organized  in  this 
State.  Of  its  beginnings  he  wrote :  "This  is  the  smallest  church  I  have 
ever  known ;  but  I  am  satisfied  that  it  is  a  true  branch  of  the 
Living  Vine,  and  will  yet  bring  forth  much  fruit.  The  sacrament 
of  the  Lord's  Supper  was  administered  at  3  p.  m.,  and  there  was 
preaching  in  the  evening.  Before  the  day  closed  there  were  five 
who  expressed  the  desire  to  unite  with  us — three  by  letter  and  two 
on  profession  of  their  faith — the  first  opportunity  that  should  pre- 
sent. There  is  in  Holden  no  house  of  worship.  It  is  a  new  place, 
built  up  since  the  war,  and  every  one  has  been  struggling  to  make 
his  family  comfortable;  and  few  have  felt  any  particular  interest 
in  religious  things.  The  brethren  are  so  limited  in  their  means 
that  they  had  almost  given  up  the  idea  of  building  a  house  of  wor- 
ship this  fall;  but  after  meeting  was  dismissed  last  Sabbath  evening, 
I  spoke  to  a  gentleman  whom  I  had  that  day  noticed  in  the  house 
for  the  first  time,  and  found  he  was  a  Christian  man  and  a  Presby- 
terian, and  says  he  will  take  hold  and  help  us;  but  insists  that 
we  must  at  once  erect  a  house  of  worship.  Passing  down  the  street 
on  Monday  morning,  I  met  one  who  very  seldom  goes  to  church.  He 
gave  me  a  very  cordial  shake  of  the  hand,  and  then  inquired  why  we 
did  not  build  a  church.  Said  he:  *I  do  not  go  to  meeting  very 
often,  but  we  need  a  church,  and  I  will  give  you  $50  and  all  the 
teaming  you  want.'  Another  man  made  a  similar  offer.  I  advised 
the  brethren  to  put  their  shoulders  to  the  work  immediately."  They 
acted  on  the  advice,  and  secured  in  a  few  months  a  frame  house,  33 
by  46  feet,  costing  $1,300,  of  which  the  Board  of  Church  Erection 
gave  $400,  and  $200  more  came  from  outside  sources. 

The  first  Pastor  was  the  Rev.  Hiram  Hill,  who  began  his  work 
in  April,  1868,  was  installed  by  the  Presbytery  of  Osage,  May  10, 
1870,  and  released  March  18,  1873.  In  October  of  that  year  he 
was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  Wm.  J.  Lee,  who  was  soon  installed  and 
remained  Pastor  till  November  7,  1882.  During  his  pastorate  the 
church  grew  rapidly,  reaching  a  membership  of  about  250.  The  old 
house  of  worship  became  too  small  for  their  needs,  and  a  better 
one  was  begun.    It  is  of  brick,  64  by  80  feet,  with  an  85  foot  tower 


HOLDEN.  255 

on  the  street  corner,  with  a  smaller  tower  rising  36  feet.  There  is 
a  1,500  lb.  bell  in  the  tower.  The  church  is  heated  by  furnace,  and 
is  conveniently  arranged,  with  sliding  doors  allowing  the  several 
rooms  to  be  thrown  together.  It  was  completed  about  the  time 
Mr.  Lee  resigned  on  account  of  ill  health.  It  was  dedicated  in 
February,  1883,  free  of  debt,  having  cost  $11,447.80. 

Until  recently  the  Holden  church  has  always  been  promptly 
supplied  with  preaching,  whenever  there  was  a  change  in  the  pas- 
torate. Its  Ministers  have  been  W.  E.  Henderson,  S.  S.,  1883-5 ; 
Lewis  I.  Drake,  D.  D.,  P.,  1885-6;  Oscar  G.  Morton,  P.,  1887-91; 
Wm.  T.  Wardle,  P.,  1892-5;  and  E.  Cooper  Bailey,  P.,  1895-9.  Ow- 
ing to  the  removal  of  the  railroad  shops,  several  years  ago,  the 
town  receded  in  population  and  the  church  in  membership.  Still 
the  church  has  always  been  well  organized  and  actively  engaged  in 
a  successful  work.  When  Mr.  Bailey  left,  there  had  accumulated 
a  small  debt,  which  the  church  (quite  contrary  to  all  precedent) 
succeeded  in  paying  off  in  the  absence  for  several  months  of  a  Min- 
ister to  conduct  regular  services.  The  ladies  of  the  church  mean- 
while thoroughly  renovated  and  painted  the  building,  getting  every- 
thing in  shape  for  the  resumption  of  full  work  at  the  coming  of 
their  present  Minister,  the  Eev.  J.  T.  Boyer. 

HOPEWELL. 

Near  the  present  town  of  Odessa.  Organized,  1850.  Lafayette 
Presbytery.  Building  burned  during  the  Civil  War.  See  Dr. 
George  Miller's  reminiscences  on  p.  106. 

HUDSON. 

See  Appleton  City. 

HUME. 

At  the  fall  meeting  of  Presbytery  in  1881  the  "Eev.  S.  G. 
Clark  reported  the  organization  of  a  church  in  Bates  County  last 
May,  the  church  to  be  called  Hume.  There  were  ten  members 
entered  into  the  organization.  Dr.  Wm.  Anthony  was  duly  elected 
Elder;  and     *     *     Underwood     and  Thompson     were  elected 

Deacons.  Eight  members  have  been  added  to  the  roll  since  the 
organization,"  This  organization  seems  never  to  have  had  regular 
preaching,  and  consequently  to  have  been  short  lived.  Its  name 
was  stricken  from  the  roll  of  Presbytery  Sept.  11,  1884. 

INDEPENDENCE. 

No  full  history  of  this  interesting  church  has  ever  been  written. 
Owing  to  its  age  and  the  many  unusual  features  of  its  history,  tlie 
present  writer,   belonging   to   a  younger  generation   and    i)ersoiinlly 


256  SKETCHES  OF  CHUECHES. 

unacquainted  with  the  facts,  greatly  hesitates  to  undertake  to 
unravel  the  tangled  skein.  Perhaps  his  imperfect  effort  may  urge 
others  more  competent  to  undertake  the  task. 

The  earliest  church  organization  in  Jackson  County  seems  to 
have  been  about  1830  near  Ft.  Sibley  by  the  Baptists.  The  Cumber- 
land Presbyterians  organized  in  Independence  in  1833,  and  the 
Christians  (Campbellites)  in  1836.  The  Presbyterians  did  not 
effect  an  organization  until  1841,  but  they  had  been  among  the 
pioneer  preachers  of  this  region  years  before.  The  earliest  trace  of 
Presbyterian  preaching  in  Independence  that  has  been  seen  by  the 
present  writer  is  that  of  services  by  the  Eev.  N".  B.  Dodge,  the  Mis- 
sionary to  the  Osage  Indians,  who  occasionally  preached  to  the 
people  of  Independence  as  early  as  1839.  His  work,  however,  was 
with  the  Harfiiony  Mission  in  the  south  part  of  Bates  County 
until  the  abandonment  of  the  Mission  in  1836.  For  some  years 
Independence  was  the  Mission's  nearest  post  office  and  trading  post. 
Sept.  34,  1831,  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society  Commis- 
sioned the  Rev.  Benton  Pixley  for  Independence.  He  also  was  one 
of  the  original  members  of  the  Harmony  Mission.  A  notice  of 
him  in  the  Presbytery . Reporter  for  Feb.,  1858,  p.  174,  says:  "I 
find  no  report  of  him  in  the  Home  Missionary,  and  have  not  been 
able  to  hear  of  him  through  correspondence.  It  is  altogether  proba- 
ble that  his  stay  was  for  a  few  months  only,  and  that  no  permanent 
traces  have  been  left  behind.  Independence  has  pro-ved  a  hard 
field  to  all  who  have  attempted  to  cultivate  it.  No  Missionary  has 
remained  there  long  from  Mr.  Pixley  to  this  day."  What  other 
Presbyterian  preaching  the  frontier  town  may  have  had  before  the 
organization  of  our  church  there  does  not  appear.  No  doubt  the 
organization  of  a  church  of  our  branch  was  delayed  some  years  by 
the  organization  of  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian  Church. 

A  sketch  of  the  church  and  of  its  Sabbath  school  that  appears 
in  the  Presbyterian  Magazine  for  Oct.,  1896,  p.  19,  says:  "This 
city  is  rich  in  historic  lore.  Its  annals  are  an  epitome  of  the  stirring 
scenes  of  western  civilization  from  1838  to  1861 ;  of  the  horrors  of 
border  war  from  1861  to  1865 ;  of  the  confusion  and  animosities  of 
the  unreconstructed  forces  which  met  here  from  1865  to  1871;  and 
of  the  wonderful  progress  of  the  west  in  the  last  quarter  of  a 
century.  Few  here  or  elsewhere  know  that  this  city  is  located  on 
the  northeast  end  of  a  great  watershed  extending  from  Pike's  Peak 
through  Colorado  and  Kansas,  terminating  at  the  Missouri  River  on 
an  altitude  above  the  sea  of  1049  feet,  and  above  the  Missouri  River 
at  Wayne  City  of  387  feet — the  highest  point  in  Missouri  except  one; 
1)ut  it  is  nevertheless  a  fact.  *  *  The  first  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Independence,  Mo.,  was  organized  here  November  31st,  1841,  by  the 
Presbyterian  Church  of  the  United  States  of  America,  before  that 


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INDEPENDENCE.  257 

church  was  vexed  with  the  distinctions  which  have  since  become 
historic/'* 

The  organization  was  effected  by  the  Kev.  J.  L.  Yantis,  with 
only  nine  members.  There  were  no  Elders  until  the  organization 
was  completed  some  six  or  seven  years  later.  It  was  kept  in  existence 
by  occasional  preaching  until  the  latter  part  of  1842,  when  the 
Eev.  Dr.  Bullard,  of  St.  Louis,  visited  the  place,  and  held  services 
for  a  few  days.  These  services  resulted  in  the  conversion  of  quite 
a  number  of  people.  Upon  his  return  home  he  sent  the  Kev.  Keed 
Wilkinson,  who  remained  but  a  short  time.  The  division  into  Old 
and  New  School  having  now  been  begun  in  this  state,  the  Inde- 
pendence Church  sided  with  the  Old  School.  A  New  School  organi- 
zation was  soon  effected  by  Ministers  Blatchford  and  Lord.  The 
younger  organization  started  out  the  better,  and  built  a  brick  house 
of  worship.  It  was  supplied  by  the  Eev.  Chas.  Lord,  afterward  by 
the  Rev.  F.  R.  Gray.  The  N.  S.  church  prospered  and  did  a  good 
work  for  some  years,  until  suddenly  and  very  unexpectedly  its 
career  was  cut  short.  "In  a  warehouse  near  the  church  was  stored  a 
number  of  barrels  of  powder,  belonging  to  some  Santa  Fe  traders. 
The  house  caught  fire,  and  a  fearful  explosion  took  place,  killing  one 
man,  and  destroying  some  houses  around  it;  in  the  number  was  the 
church  building.  It  could  not  be  used,  and  the  little  congrega- 
tion were  not  able  to  rebuild."  There  were  some  debts  aside  from 
the  amount  furnished  by  the  Missouri  Church  Erection  Fund.  jMr. 
Gray,  the  Minister,  soon  left.  For  a  time  the  little  band  struggled 
hard  to  rebuild.  A  mechanic  estimated  that  the  building  coiild  be 
repaired  for  about  $500,  or  that  the  wreck  "might  be  sold  with  the 
ground,  and  another  smaller  church  built  on  another  lot  by  adding 
some  $500  to  the  proceeds."  But  no  $500  was  forthcoming  from  any 
source.  A  remnant  of  4  male  and  8  female  meml)ers  held  on  for  a 
while  until  further  holding  on  proved  useless.  The  Baptists  after- 
ward erected  upon  this  location  the  building  now  used  by  the  West- 
minster Presbyterian  Church. 

Meanwhile  the  Old  School  organization  had  been  supplied  in 
1847  by  the  Rev.  M.  B.  Price,  who  died  while  on  a  visit  to  Ken- 
tucky. Then  the  Rov.  R.  H.  Allen,  a  son  of  the  Independence 
Church,  ministered  to  it  for  a  while.  From  1848  to  1853 
the  Rev.  R.  S.  Symington  was  Stated  Supply.  During  his  ministry 
the  substantial,  tAvo-story  l)riek  church  biiilding  on  Lexington  and 
Osage  streets  was  erected  in  1849,  which  continued  to  be  the  clnirdi 
home  for  nearly  forty  years.  He  was  siieceoded  for  a  few  niontli^ 
each  by  Ministers  Wm.  R.  Fulton  and  Win.  H.  Pawling.     The  first 

•The  division  Into  O.  S.  and  N.  S.  took  place  in  the  Kast  In  1837 ;    In  Missouri  the  di- 
Tislon  was  not  made  until  1842. 


258  SKETCHES  OF  CHURCHES. 

installed  Pastor  was  the  Rev.  T.  A.  Bracken,  who  remained  from 
Nov.,  1855,  until  sometime  during  the  Civil  War  (summer  of  1863), 
when  he  went  to  Kentucky.  The  pastoral  relation  was  not  formally 
dissolved  until  1866.  His  ministration  is  spoken  of  as  very  accepta- 
ble and  useful. 

In  1866  the  0.  S.  denomination  in  this  state  was  rent  asunder 
by  the  Declaration  and  Testimony  controversy.  The  Independence 
Church,  like  almost  every  other  church  in  this  region,  took  the  D. 
and  T.  side,  thus  supporting  the  Independent  Synod  of  Missouri.  In 
that  connection  it  was  supplied  by  Ministers  Geo.  K.  Scott,  Samuel 
N.  Howe  and  Dr.  John  Montgomery,  until,  in  1868,  Dr.  M.  M. 
Fisher  took  charge  and  remained  until  1874.  In  that  year  the 
Independent  Synod  went  into  what  is  now  known  as  the  Presby- 
terian Church  in  the  United  States.  The  Independence  Church  did 
not  go  with  it.  The  statement  of  the  position  of  the  church  is  thus 
given  by  its  Elder,  John  N.  Southern:  "When  in  1866  the  Synod 
of  Missouri  became  independent,  the  church  maintained  its  Presby- 
terial  and  synodical  identity  unchanged  in  the  Presbytery  of  Lafayette 
and  the  Synod  of  Missouri.  But  when  the  Presbytery  of  Lafayette, 
in  the  spring  of  1874,  decided  to  take  ecclesiastical  connection  with 
the  Southern  Assembly,  the  Independence  Church  was  not  repre- 
sented, nor  has  it  been  represented  in  Prsbytery  or  Synod  since  that 
time.*     The  Presbytery  left  the  church." 

The  church  remained  independent  of  Presbytery  for  26  years, 
though  for  most  of  that  period  its  name  was  kept  on  the  roll  of 
Lafayette  Presbytery.  They  maintained  that  position  as  a  sort  of 
protest  against  the  ecclesiastical  rupture  growing  out  of  the  Civil 
War.  For  all  those  years  they  maintained  "that  the  causes  for  con- 
tinual separation  of  the  two  bodies  [commonly  known  as  the  North- 
ern and  Southern  Presbyterians]  have  been  removed  and  the  time 
for  the  union  of  the  two  churches  has  come.  But  negotiations  failed, 
and  the  Independence  Church  was  left  to  live  a  while  longer  without 
Presbyterial  relations,  awaiting  the  obliteration  of  the  lines  between 
the  North  and  the  South,  and  subordinating  personal  preferences  and 
prejudices  to  the  preservation  of  the  peace  and  unity  of  their  con- 
gregation. Their  house  of  worship  [was]  opened  to  the  courts  of 
Lafayette  and  Kansas  City  Presbyteries.  *  *  The  .  .  church 
yields  to  none  in  its  fealty  to  Presbyterianism,  and  stands  for  the 
unity  of  the  general  Church  (as  it  did  for  its  own  unity)  as  it 
existed  when  [the  Independence  Church]  was  organized  in  1841, 
never  having  by  act  or  deed,  line  or  precept,  changed  or  sanctioned 
any  of  the  changes  that  have  befallen  the  general  organization." 

During  the  period  of  its  independent  existence,  the  church 
enjoyed  the  pastoral  services  of  Dr.  J.  E.  Wheeler  for  ten  years ;  of 

*Until  it  joined  the  Presbytery  of  Kansas  City  in  the  spring  of  1900. 


INDEPENDENCE.  259 

Dr.  Henry  A.  Nelson,  one  year;  and  of  Dr.  A.  D.  Madeira  for  thir- 
teen years.  Under  the  ministration  of  the  last  of  these,  the  present 
house  of  worship,  finely  located  and  the  best  in  the  city,  was  secured 
at  a  cost  of  about  $45,000,  and  a  parsonage  on  an  adjoining  lot  at  a 
cost  of  about  $5,000. 

During  the  quarter  of  a  century  of  its  independence,  many  efforts 
were  made  to  get  the  congregation  to  assume  Presbyteriai  relations 
again.  After  the  failure  of  one  of  these  efforts  in  1894,  some  forty 
members  withdrew  and  organized  what  is  now  known  as  the  West- 
minster Presbyterian  Church,  in  connection  with  the  Southern 
Assembly.  The  parent  church,  however,  remained  independent  as 
before  for  some  five  years  longer,  until,  on  Dec.  13,  1899,  at  a  meet- 
ing called  to  consider  the  matter  of  Presbyterial  relations,  the  con- 
gregation voted  unanimously  to  send  delegates  to  the  Presbytery  of 
Kansas  City.  The  delegates  and  the  church  were  cordially  received 
and  enrolled,  as  was  soon  after  Pastor  Madeira,  though  he  no  longer 
serves  the  church.  Since  its  admission  to  Presbytery  the  church  has 
been  without  a  regular  Pastor  until  the  coming  of  the  Eev.  C.  C. 
McGinley,  installed  at  the  spring  meeting  of  Presbytery  in  1901. 
The  outlook  for  large  usefulness  on  the  part  of  both  Pastor  and 
people  now  seems  most  flattering. 

No  sketch  of  the  Independence  Church  would  be  complete  with- 
out a  notice  of  its  Sabbath  school,  unique  among  all  the  Sabbath 
schools  we  ever  knew  of.  The  earliest  Sabbath  school  organized  in 
Jackson  County  was  begun  about  1839  by  John  McCoy  and 
Benjamin  Wallace,  soon  after  the  completion  of  the  Cumberland 
Presbyterian  house  of  worship.  For  some  years  the  school  continued 
as  a  union  organization.  "After  a  time,  however,  the  Methodists 
concluded  to  leave;  the  Missionary  Baptists  soon  followed;  and  the 
Presbyterians,  having  secured  a  temporary  place  of  worship,  had 
a  school  of  their  own,  which  has  continued,  uninterruptedly,  from 
that  day  to  this.  *  *  In  1849  a  house  of  worship  was  erected, 
dedicated  and  occupied  by  the  members  of  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Independence.  This  they  sold,  and  removed  to  their 
new  and  more  commodious  building  on  the  corner  of  Lexington  and 
Pleasant  streets.  The  Sunday  school  grew  and  prospered  during  all 
these  years,  having  in  the  new  building  a  convenient  and  pleasant 
arrangement  of  rooms  for  each  of  their  primary,  intermediate  and 
Biblical  departments.  The  number  of  scholars  at  one  time  was  198, 
with  an  average  attendance  of  100.  The  lilirary  contains  600  volumes 
of  as  choice  literature  as  is  to  be  found  in  any  school.  The  officers, 
with  the  exception  of  the  Superintendent,  have  been  changed  from 
time  to  time;  and,  although  Mr.  John  McCoy  has  asked  to  l)e 
relieved  from  his  place,  he  has  been  retained  as  Superintendent 
until  this,  his  forty-seventh  year."  Thus  wrote  one  in  1890.  l\rr. 
McCoy  has  long  been  a  faitlifiil  Elder  in  this  church,  and  is  still  the 


260  SKETCHES  OF  CHURCHES. 

Superintendent  of  its  Sabbath  school,  in  the  fifty-second  year  of  his 
continuous  position  as  Superintendent,  and  in  the  sixty-second  year 
of  his  position  as  one  of  the  principal  workers  in  the  same  school ! 
Who  knows  of  so  long  a  service?  Who  knows  of  one  more  worthily 
perf  oriijed  ? 


JEFFERSON  CITY. 

Before  the  admission  of  the  State  of  Missouri  into  the  Union,  in 
1821,  the  Territorial  Legislature  appointed  Commissioners  to  locate 
the  Capital  for  the  new  state.  They  selected  the  present  site  of 
Jeiferson  City,  then  unsettled.  The  first  sale  of  lots  there  is  said  to 
have  occurred  in  1823 ;  but  the  capital  was  not  removed  thither  from 
St.  Charles  until  1826.  The  town  grew  slowly.  Religious  organiza- 
tions were  few.  Among  the  earliest  of  these  was  the  Presbyterian 
church,  organized  on  the  third  Sabbath  in  June,  183-1,  by  the  Rev. 
Robert  L.  McAfee.  The  organization  then  effected  was  so  different 
from  those  of  the  present  day  in  several  important  particulars  that 
it  deserves  more  than  a  passing  notice.  The  account  that  follows 
(as  indeed  the  materials  for  this  entire  sketch)  is  mainly  from  the 
pen  of  Elder  Oscar  G.  Burch. 

After  sermon,  sundry  persons  who  had  belonged  to  the  Presby- 
terian Church  in  other  parts  of  the  country,  but  who  had  recently 
removed  and  settled  in  the  City  of  Jefferson,  havinof  with  them  their 
"dismissions,"  expressed  a  wish  to  be  organized  into  a  church,  that 
they  might  better  maintain  among  them  the  worship  of  God,  the 
preaching  of  His  Gospel,  and  the  ordinances  of  His  house.  After 
due  deliberation,  the  following  persons  put  their  several  letters  of 
dismission  into  the  hands  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  McAfee,  viz:  Wm. 
Bolton,  of  Milton,  N.  C, ;  Mrs.  Mary  Rutherford,  of  St.  Louis; 
Samuel  L.  Hart,  Mrs.  Ann  T.  Hart,  Catherine  L.  Hart,  Thomas  C. 
Hart  and  Ann  Elizabeth  Hart,  of  Aux  Vasse  Church,  and  the  follow- 
ing servants  of  Samuel  L.  Hart,  viz:  William,  Putney,  Dick,  Polly 
and  Maria.  The  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Jefferson  City  was 
thereupon  organized,  and  a  church  covenant  entered  into,  which,  as  a 
sample  of  the  better  class  of  such  covenants  then  common,  is  given 
entire : 

"Being  desirous  of  enjoying  the  means  of  grace  and  ordinances 
of  the  Gospel,  which  God  has  appointed  for  the  benefit  of  believers 
and  the  advancement  of  the  interests  of  ILs  church  upon  earth,  we 
ffo  cordially  unite  ourselves  for  the  purpose  of  being  organized  into 
a  church  to  be  known  by  the  name  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church 
of  the  City  of  Jefferson,  Mo.  We  therefore  solemnly  covenant  before 
God  to  watch  over  each  other  in  the  Lord;  to  seek  the  peace,  purity 
and  prosperity  of  the  church;  in  Christian  love,  meekness  and  for- 


JEFFERSON  CITY.  261 

bearance  to  counsel,  admonish  and  encourage  each  other,  as  God  has 
directed  in  His  Word. 

"We  further  mutually  agree,  by  Divine  assistance,  to  adorn  the 
doctrine  of  God  our  Savior,  as  becometh  saints  before  the  world;  to 
visit  the  sick  and  afflicted;  to  observe  the  Sabbath;  to  maintain 
(those  of  us  who  are  heads  of  families)  the  worship  of  God  in  our 
families;  to  instruct,  by  precept  and  example,  our  children  in  the 
duties  and  doctrines  of  our  holy  religion;  to  maintain,  if  possible, 
the  preaching  of  the  Gospel  amongst  us ;  and  to  attend  all  the  means 
of  grace  and  ordinances  which  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  has  appointed 
in  His  Word  to  be  observed  by  His  Church  upon  earth.  We  also 
agree  in  receiving  the  Scriptures  of  the  Old  and  New  Testament  as 
being  divinely,  inspired,  and  as  containing  the  only  unerring  rule 
of  faith  and  practice,  as  teaching  the  doctrine  of  the  Trinity,  justifi- 
cation by  faith  in  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  repentance  and  forsaking 
of  sin,  enjoining  a  life  of  holy  obedience  to  the  commands  of  God; 
and  a  future  state  of  rewards  and  punishments,  together  with  the 
doctrines  of  grace  taught  by  Jesus  Christ  and  His  Apostles. 

"And  we  further  agree  to  take  the  Confession  of  Faith  as 
received  and  adopted  by  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  these  United 
States  for  our  book  of  discipline,  and  as  containing  the  system  of 
doctrines  and  duties  revealed  in  the  Word  of  God. 

"Thus  we  do  mutually  covenant  and  humbly  pray  that  the  great 
Head  of  the  Church  would  bless  us  and  make  us  useful,  and  through 
the  riches  of  His  grace  prepare  us  for  the  employments  and  enjoy- 
ments of  His  Church  Triumphant.^' 

Thiis  grounded  in  doctrine  and  polity,  the  church  grew  and 
prospered  under  the  able  ministrations  of  its  founder  and  others. 
The  first  services  were  held  in  a  little  log  house  that  stood  for  many 
years  thereafter  on  High  street,  east  of  Monroe.  The  Eev.  E.  L. 
McAfee  supplied  the  church  regularly,  part  of  the  time  in  connection 
with  the  Millersburg  and  Enund  Prairie  churches,  until  1842.  July 
Ifi,  1843,  the  Eev.  Hiram  P.  Goodrich.  D.  D.,  was  installed  Pastor. 
The  meeting  was  protracted  to  Sabbath  evening,  July  2d,  his  "labors 
being  blessed  with  the  outpouring  of  God's  Holy  Spirit  in  this  church 
to  the  convincing  and  converting  of  many  souls."  He  remained 
Pastor  until  the  fall  of  1845.  During  his  pastorate  a  lot  was  pur- 
chased, and  a  neat  stone  edifice  erected  for  the  use  of  the  congrega- 
tion. He  was  followed  for  a  short  time  bv  the  Eev.  David  Coulter, 
and  later  by  the  Eev.  Eichard  H.  Allen,  who  was  installed  but  did 
not  remain  long.  Mr.  Coulter  then  supplied  the  church  again  until 
the  next  Pastor  came. 

Nov.  28,  1852,  the  Eev.  John  G.  Fackler  was  installed  Pastor. 
For  several  years  he  had  been  a  merchant  in  the  city  and  a  member 
of  this  church  and  later  of  that  at  Linn.  He  served  with  marked 
success   until    185G.      He   subsequently    became   widely   known    and 


262  SKETCHES  OF  CHURCHES. 

beloved  among  the  churches  of  the  state.  He  died  a  few  years  ago  at 
Springfield,  Mo.  His  remains  were  brought  back  to  Jefferson  City 
for  interment  in  Woodlawn  Cemetery.  His  aged  widow  still  resides 
in  Jefferson  City,  a  faithful  communicant  and  member  of  the  organi- 
zation that  succeeded  the  one  her  husband  served  so  well. 

The  only  other  Ministers  this  church  had  before  the  Civil  War 
were  the  Rev  S.  D.  Longhead,  for  a  short  time,  and  the  Rev.  John  J. 
Cooke,  who  remained  Pastor  until  the  winter  of  1860.  The  coming 
on  of  the  war  then  virtually  terminated  the  existence  of  this  original 
organization,  which  had  during  its  26  years  of  existence  received  212 
members  all  told.  The  next  record  found  is  that  of  June  1,  1865, 
when  the  Trustees  were  authorized  to  sell  the  church  property,  then 
quite  valuable.  It  was  bought  by  the  M.  E.  Church,  North.  In  1865, 
in  1868  and  in  1872,  unsuccessful  attempts  were  made  to  revive  this 
original  organization,  which  had  long  adhered  to  the  Old  School 
Assembly.  The  church  numbered  grand  men  and  women  among  its 
members,  whose  households  were  of  the  same  faith. 

At  the  close  of  the  war,  the  Rev.  Dr.  A.  T.  Norton,  the  New 
School  District  Secretary  of  Home  Missions,  visited  the  city.  Find- 
ing it  impossible  to  revive  the  Old  School  organization,  whose  house 
had  been  sold  for  debt,  and  whose  members  were  scattered  and  dis- 
pirited, he  sent  the  Rev.  J.  Addison  Whitaker,  in  Dec,  1865.  Under 
Mr.  Whitaker's  care  a  New  School  organization  was  effected  Feb  4, 
1866,  composed  of  but  3  men  and  8  women,  several  of  them  mem- 
bers of  the  former  organization.  This  church  was  then  connected 
with  the  Presbytery  of  St.  Louis,  from  which  it  received  substantial 
assistance.  The  First  Presbvterian  Church  of  St.  Louis,  of  which 
the  Rev.  Dr.  H.  A.  Nelson  was  then  Pastor,  assumed  the  payment  of 
the  rent  of  the  hall  in  which  the  services  were  held.  The  second  year 
the  Nelson  Bible  Class,  of  Auburn,  N.  1.,  paid  the  rent.  Large 
assistance  was  also  received  from  the  Home  Missionarv  and  Church 
Erection  Funds.  A  lot  was  purchased  (for  $2,400)  on  the  corner  of 
Madison  and  McCarty  streets,  on  which  the  erection  of  a  substantial 
brick  chapel  was  begun,  which  was  completed  about  1870  at  a  cost  of 
$8,000.  The  entire  cost  of  building,  grounds  and  improvements  was 
about  $12,000.  Part  of  this  was  raised  by  the  sale  of  the  Warsaw 
Church  building,  an  account  of  which  appears  in  the  sketch  of  the 
Warsaw  Church  given  elsewhere. 

Of  the  period  that  followed.  Elder  0.  G.  Burch,  who  became  a 
member  of  this  organization  at  its  third  communion,  savs :  "Zeal  and 
discretion  do  not  always  go  hand  in  hand.  To  successfully  organize 
a  band,  ever  so  faithful,  to  secure  the  ground  and  the  means  to  erect 
a  building,  and  to  steer  safely  through  the  storms  following  the  foot- 
steps of  the  strife  and  bitterness  engendered  by  the  Civil  War,  were 
a  serious  problem.  For  a  time,  with  an  energy  and  determination 
that  would  not  be  thwarted,  or  brook  opposition  from  within  or 


JEFFERSON  CITY.  263 

without,  it  did  seem  that  the  leader  might  be  successful.  But  at  last 
a  contractor  failed  and  ran  away  with  the  funds  which  belonged  to 
material  men  and  laborers.  Then  came  mechanic's  liens,  suits  and 
the  usual  result,  following  closely  a  panic.  Those  who  had  endorsed 
failed  financially,  and  the  whole  fabric  seemed  to  dissolve."  This 
dishonesty  left  the  church  with  a  debt  of  $4,900,  drawing  interest  at 
the  rate  of  10  per  cent  and  12  per  cent,  aside  from  the  loan  from  the 
Board  of  Church  Erection  for  $3,600.  The  Presbytery  and  Synod 
were  appealed  to,  the  debt  reduced  and  the  property  saved,  though 
almost  a  deathblow  had  been  dealt  the  church. 

An  effort  was  made  to  keep  up  the  church.  In  1873  the  Rev. 
W.  G.  Keady  became  the  Supply,  remaining  two  years.  The  dis- 
couragements had  then  became  so  great  as  to  reduce  the  membership 
to  a  few,  without  Elders.  "But  some  did  not  bow  the  knee  to  Baal, 
and  the  church,  through  its  Sabbath  school,  still  retained  life." 
(rreat  credit  is  due  to  Mr.  Burch  for  his  services  in  keeping  up  the 
school  during  the  long  years  of  religious  famine  that  followed.  With 
the  exception  of  occasional  sermons  by  the  Rev.  B.  H.  Charles,  in 
1878-9,  the  church  was  without  preaching  for  ten  years. 

"In  September,  1883,  Synodical  Missionary,  Thomas  Marshall, 
brought  together  the  entire  seventeen  remaining  members,  and  suc- 
ceeded not  only  in  compromising  the  old  indebtedness  (the  aggregate 
of  all  foreign  contributions  being  included  in  the  trust  to  the  Board 
of  the  Church  Erection  Fund),  but  in  securing  enough  locally  to  do 
this,  place  the  building  in  a  condition  to  occupy,  secure  by  purchase 
the  bell  of  the  old  church,  and  to  start  forward  the  work  by  the 
promise  of  a  Pastor. 

"To  build  up  the  church  spiritually  and  financially  has  been  a 
serious  matter.  Amid  renewed  disappointments  and  circumstances 
that  were  sufficient  to  cause  the  stoutest  heart  to  quail  and  doubt,  the 
little  church  has  gone  steadily  on,  not  always  forward  as  it  some- 
times appeared,  yet  as  through  fire.  Trulv  God  loveth  whom  He 
chasteneth;  and  the  church  at  Jefferson  Citv  has  survived  much 
tribulation.  But  let  us  not  dwell  on  its  adversity,  but  turn  to  its 
prosperity. 

'TTnder  the  visitations  of  Dr.  Marshall,  the  church  had  frequent 
services,  and  grew  in  faith  and  numbers.  Stated  Supplies  were 
secured,  but  proved  only  temporary,  illness  and  other  causes  inter- 
vening. Special  services  were  held  by  the  Rev.  W.  H.  Clagett  in  the 
fall  of  1885.  In  December  of  that  year,  the  Rev.  Oscar  W.  Gauss 
was  called  as  Pastor.  He  served  satisfactorily  to  the  church  until 
about  March,  1890,  when  he  resijrned  as  Pastor,  finding  that  the 
extra  labor  he  had  undertaken  as  Chaplain  at  the  Penitentiary  inter- 
fered with  the  duties  and  requirements  of  Pastor.  He  served  the 
church,  however,  until  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  J.  F.  Watkins  in 
August,  1890.    The  latter  served  the  church  faithfully,  and  the  work 


264  SKETCHES  OF  CHURCHES. 

grew  under  his  ministrations,  until  the  spring  of  1894,  when  he 
gave  up  the  field.  During  these  years  extensive  improvements  and 
repairs  were  made,  an  organ  secured  and  all  obligations  met." 

In  the  fall  of  1894  the  church  secured  the  services  of  the  Rev. 
George  H.  Williamson,  under  whom  it  prospered  and  felt  the  need  of 
a  church  auditorium  such  as  that  planned  years  before  for  the  com- 
pletion of  their  building.  He  found  that  the  King's  Daughters  had 
the  nucleus  of  a  fund  for  the  church  addition.  "Before  winter  set 
in  the  plans  were  prepared  and  the  funds  turned  over  to  the 
Trustees  for  the  foundation,  which  was  built  and  paid  for.  In  the 
spring,  despite  the  unexpected  agitation  of  the  question  of  capital 
removal,  which  threatened  disaster  to  all  enterprises,  the  chiirch  was 
under  way,  contracted  for  and  in  due  time  completed  and  equipped  at 
a  cost  of  about  $6,500,  all  contributed  locally  save  $700  from  the 
Board  of  the  Church  Erection  Fund.  A  marvelous  thing  indeed,  and 
the  wonder  of  all  who  beheld  it."  The  church  now  stands  one  of 
the  handsomest  and  most  complete  in  all  its  furnishing  and  arrange- 
ments of  any  in  the  Presbyterv.  Just  one  year  after  he  was  installed, 
Mr.  Williamson  resigned,  having  added  one  more  to  the  long  list  of 
church  buildings  erected  and  paid  for  during  his  ministry. 

On  the  first  Sabbath  in  January,  1896,  the  present  Pastor,  the 
Rev.  John  F.  Hendy,  D.  D.,  began  his  work  with  this  church.  He 
was  installed  the  26th  of  May,  following.  His  labors  here  as  else- 
where have  been  blessed,  and  church  and  Pastor  are  now  regarded  as 
among  the  strongest  in  the  Presbytery.  Its  membership,  though  still 
below  150,  is  now  the  largest  in  its  history. 

PRESBYTERIANISM  IK  KANSAS   CITY. 

The  history  of  our  denomination  in  this  city  has  beeen  so  far 
conditioned  by  the  historv  of  the  city  itself  that  before  giving  any 
of  the  separate  sketches  of  our  city  churches  it  may  be  well  to  look 
at  the  general  conditions. 

The  beginnings,  both  of  the  city  and  of  the  Presbytery,  were 
largely  influenced  by  the  proximity  of  the  Indians.  In  1808  Capt. 
Clemson,  TJ.  S.  A.,  established  Ft.  Clark,  on  a  high  bluff  overlooking 
the  Missouri  River,  near  the  present  town  of  Siblev.  This  was  the 
first  white  settlement  in  what  is  now  Jackson  County.  The  name 
of  the  post  was  soon  changed  to  Ft.  Osage,  because  it  was  the  supply 
depot  of  the  Osage  Indians  who  then  claimed  this  part  of  the  state. 
The  Indian  title  to  this  county  was  not  extinguished  till  1825.  Dec. 
15,  1826,  Jackson  County  was  organized,  then  consisting  of  the 
present  counties  of  Jackson,  Cass,  Bates  and  Vernon.  Among  its 
townships  was  that  of  Harmony,  including  few  voters  (if  any)  outside 
of  the  Harmony  Mission.  In  1827  Independence  was  chosen  as  the 
County  Seat  and  laid  off.  A])out  the  same  time  the  first  white  settle- 
ments in  the  present  Kansas  City  were  made  by  French  traders,  who 
found  here  a  central  point  of  contact  with  the  Indian  tribes  then 


KANSAS  errV.  265 

recently  located  in  this  vicinity  by  the  U.  S.  Government.  In  1831 
the  Eev.  Isaac  McCoy,  a  Baptist,  established  the  Shawnee  Indian 
Mission  on  the  Kansas  line  just  south  of  the  city  of  to-day.*  In 
1832  his  son,  John  C.  McCoy,  made  the  first  steamboat  landing  at 
the  foot  of  Grand  Avenue.  The  next  year  he  established  the  town 
of  Westport,  which  gave  the  name  of  Westnort  Landing  to  the  infant 
Kansas  City,  which  was  laid  out  in  1838.  Feb  22,  1853,  "the  City  of 
Kansas"  was  chartered.  The  population  of  this  new  city,  which  in 
1846  was  estimated  at  700,  was  so  decimated  by  cholera  and  other 
causes  that  in  1855  it  was  only  418.  About  1857  it  began  to  grow 
rapidly,  reaching  4,418  in  1860.  Then  came  the  war,  at  the  close  of 
which  the  city  had  about  5,000  people.  By  1870  the  number  reported 
bv  the  Government  census  was  32,286;  by  1880,  55,813;  by  1890, 
132,716,  and  in  1900,  163,752. 

The  religious  growth  of  this  vicinity  has  been  somewhat  in 
accord  with  these  external  conditions.  Presb3'terians,  while  not  the 
most  numerous  or  aggressive,  were  among  the  earliest  in  this  county 
and  have  ever  held  a  strong  position  here.  The  earliest  Presl)y- 
terian  preaching  in  this  region,  so  far  as  discovered,  was  that  bv  the 
T?ev.  N.  B.  Dodge,  the  Missionary  to  the  Osage  Indians.  He  is 
known  to  have  preached  in  Independence  as  early  as  1829.  The 
early  growth  and  prominence  of  Presbyterians  in  Jackson  Count}^ 
are  well  traced  by  Dr.  Symington,  in  his  letter  given  on  p.  219.  These 
organizations  were  all  of  them  either  entirely  wiped  out  during  the 
war  or  badly  crippled. 

On  the  declaration  of  peace  everything  took  on  new  life.  The 
strategic  importance  of  Kansas  City  was  then  recognized  by  all 
denominations,  by  none  earlier  than  the  Presbyterians.  The  pulpit 
of  the  First  church  (0.  S.),  which  had  been  organized  Mav  25.  1857, 
was  then  ably  manned  by  the  Eev.  Dr.  J.  L.  Yantis.  July  16,  1865,  the 
Eev.  Dr.  Timothy  Hill  organized  a  !N"ew  School  church,  and  called 
it  (in  anticipation  of  the  longed-for  Eeunion)  the  Second  Presby- 
terian church.  About  a  year  later  came  the  Declaration  and  Testi- 
mony split  in  the  Old  School  Synod  and  in  the  First  church  of  Kan- 
sas City.  The  large  minority  of  that  church  formed  what  is  now 
known  as  the  Central  Church,  in  connection  with  the  Southern 
Assembly.  Meanwhile  the  First  and  Second  churches  were  grow- 
ing and  working  harmoniously,  both  interested  in  the  work  of 
church  extension  and  making  arrangements  for  the  erection  of  a 
Third  Church  on  the  "Bottom,"  then  known  as  "West  Kansas,"  and 
containing  a  population  of  some  1,500  without  a  church  of  any  sort. 
This  organization  was  formed  Feb.  27,  1870,  and  attached  to  the 
(N.  S.)  Presbytery  of  Lexington.     Thus  there  were  at  the  time  of 

*Mr"  McCoy  was  the  Governmont  aprent  by  whom  the  Shav'neps  were  locafe'l  in  that 
vicinity.    The  Mission  was  under  the  care  of  tiie  Methodists. 
17 


266  SKETCHES  OF  CHURCHES. 

the  Eeunion  three  churches  connected  with  our  Assembly,  and  one 
that  later  went  into  the  Southern  Assembly. 

After  the  general  financial  depression  of  1873ff.,  and  the  grass- 
hopper scourge  of  1875-6,  came  the  rapid  growth  of  the  early  eighties, 
resulting  in  the  organization  of  the  Fourth  Church,  Feb.  8,  1883 ;  the 
Fifth  Church,  Oct.  18,  1882;  the  First  Welsh  Church,  Jan.  16,  1887 
and  the  Hill  Memorial  Church,  May  5,  1887.  For  some  years  there 
were  several  other  promising  efforts,  mainly  under  the  care  of  the 
Second  Church,  which  assisted  all  the  later  comers,  both  by  mem- 
bers and  by  liberal  financial  aid.  On  the  collapse  of  the  "boom" 
none  of  these  survived,  except  the  Linwood  Church,  organized  Oct. 
12,  1890,  the  youngest  born  of  the  Presbyterian  family. 

Kansas  City  Presbyterianism  has  been  exceedingly  peripatetic;. 
The  First  Church  has  had  four  buildings,  in  four  widely  separated 
localities.  The  Second  Church  is  now  building  its  third  house  of 
worship,  each  in  a  different  place.  The  Third  Church  has  built 
three  times,  far  apart.  The  Fourth  Church  has  had  five  locations 
and  two  buildings,  some  miles  apart.  The  Fifth  Church  has  had 
two  buildings  and  three  locations.  The  Hill  Memorial  and  the 
Linwood  Churches  have,  each  had  one  building.  None  of  the  organi- 
zations is  now  located  within  several  blocks  of  where  it  began.  Each 
has  required  liberal  Home  Mission  aid  at  the  outset.  None  has 
become  selfsupporting  and  successful  in  doing  its  own  peculiar  work 
until  provided  with  a  suitable  house  of  worship,  properly  located 
and  free  from  debt.  All  these  (with  one  exception)  are  now  alive 
and  vigorous,  having  survived  war,  wind,  fire,  division  and  financial 
losses  that  surely  would  have  wrecked  any  churches  not  providential!^ 
planted  and  divinely  supported.  All  are  now  harmonious  and  ener- 
getic, possibly  more  efficient  than  they  could  be  if  more  numerous. 

As  to  the  high  character  of  the  men  that  have  supplied  the 
pulpits  of  the  Presbyterian  Churches  of  Kansas  City,  nothing  need 
be  added  to  the  words  of  Dr.  J.  H.  Miller,  when  he  gave  the  charge 
to  the  Pastor  at  the  installation  of  Dr.  G.  P.  Hays,  in  1888.  What 
had  been  true  up  to  that  time  has  been  equally  true  since.  He 
then  said :  "During  the  thirty-two  years  which  have  passed  away 
since  the  Presbyterian  Church  began  its  organized  work  here 
[1857],  there  have  been  twenty-eight  Ministers  in  regular  charge  of 
our  several  churches.  With  all  these  Pastors,  with  but  one  exception, 
it  has  been  my  privilege  to  have  been  acqxiainted,  in  most  cases 
knowing  them  intimately  and  loving  them  dearly.  And  I  desire  to 
bear  testimony  to  the  grandeur  and  nobility  of  their  characters,  to 
their  deep  piety  and  sincere  clevotion  to  the  Master's  cause,  to  their 
earnest  efforts  to  arlvance  the  interests  of  our  Zion,  to  assist  believers 
that  they  might  become  strong  in  the  faith,  to  so  preach  that  they 
might  be  the  instruments  in  God's  hands  of  converting  sinners  from 
the  error  of  their  ways,    Some  of  these  are  now  saints  in  glory,  reap- 


KANSAS  CITY.  ■  267 

ing  the  reward  of  years  well  spent  in  the  service  of  our  King.    Others 
are  yet  honored  ambassadors,  declaring  the  message  of  good  will." 

There  has  recently  been  formed  in  Kansas  City  a  strong  Presby- 
terian Social  Union,  embracing  in  its  membership  members  of  all  the 
Presbyterian  denominations  represented  in  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  Kan- 
sas City,  Kan.,  Independence  and  Parkville. 

KANSAS  CITY  FIRST. 

The  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Kansas  City  has  had  not  only 
the  longest  but  also  the  most  varied  history  of  any  of  the  churches  of 
our  denomination  in  the  city.  It  was  not,  however,  the  first  Presby- 
terian organization  in  the  limits  of  the  present  city.  That  honor 
belonged  to  the  Westport  Church,  now  extinct,  which  was  organized 
Dec.  23,  1850.  With  that  church  the  few  Presbyterians  in  the  city 
worshipped  until  the  organization  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church 
of  Kansas  City,  May  25,  1857.  This  was  the  third  Protestant  church 
to  be  organized  in  the  city.  Its  first  Minister,  the  Eev.  E.  S.  Syming- 
ton, remained  about  three  years,  and  was  followed  for  one  year  by  the 
Rev.  John  Hancock,  an  Englishman,  who  remained  until  after  the 
outbreak  of  the  Civil  War. 

Of  that  ante-bellum  church  a  later  Pastor  (Dr.  Hovey)  once 
wrote:  "At  first  our  church  was  a  guest.  It  had  no  home  of  its 
own.  The  Fifth  Street  M.  E.  Church  (South)  was  the  only  house 
of  worship  in  town.  *  This  building  the  Methodists  used  two  Sundays 
in  the  month,  the  Presbyterians  one  Sunday,  and  the  Baptists  one. 
If  any  month  had  a  fifth  Sunday,  it  was  claimed  by  the  Episco- 
palians. In  1858  the  Methodists  needed  the  entire  occupancy  of 
their  church.  The  Presbyterians  accordingly  built  a  frame  church, 
on  [the  north  side  of]  Third  street,  between  ]\Iain  and  Walnut, 
where  they  worshipped  till  1862.  Meanwhile  a  livery  stable  had 
been  built  alongside,  which  did  not  harmonize  well  with  the  Gospel, 
so  they  sold  out  to  the  proprietor,  who  used  the  house  for  storing 
carriages,  until  finally,  sometime  after,  it  was  destroyed  by  fire. 
Many  interesting  legends  of  a  politico-ecclesiastical  nature  are 
associated  with  that  old  church.  *  *  One  Minister  [Mr.  Han- 
cock] even  went  so  far  as  to  pray  in  the  same  breath  for  both  Presi- 
dent Lincoln  and  President  Davis;  but  neither  side  was  satisfied. 
Pulpit  after  pulpit  was  vacated  until  finally  a  proposition  was  made 
that,  if  the  Presbyterians  would  employ  Rev.  George  Miller,  they 
would  sustain  him  regardless  of  sect.  This  plan  was  worked  for  one 
year.  Being  without  any  house  of  their  own,  the  Presbyterians  wor- 
shipped during  1863  and  1864  by  turns  in  the  Baptist  Church  on 
[the  N.  E.  corner  of  Eighth  and]   May  streets,  and  the  Christian 

*It  stood  on  the  south  side  of  Fifth  street,  on  tlie  corner  of  the  alley  west  of  Delaware 
street. 


268  SKETCHES  OF  CHURCHES. 

Church  ['N.  W.]  corner  of  Main  and  Twelfth,  and  sometimes  in  the 
old  Court  House.  During  1865  and  1866  they  occupied  Long's  Hall 
[on  the  east  side  of  Main  near  Fifth]."  For  the  first  year  after 
their  organization  the  Presbyterians  attended  a  Union  Sabbath 
school,  sustained  by  all  the  churches  of  the  city.  Mr.  Symington 
then  established  the  first  church  school,  which  was  maintained  till 
broken  up  by  the  war.  It  was  reorganized  by  ]\Ir.  Miller  and  has 
been  steadily  at  work  ever  since. 

During  the  war,  Kansas  City  was  always  in  the  hands  of  the 
Federal  troops.  This  fact  explains  the  very  unique  invitation 
received  by  the  Eev.  Geo.  Miller  "to  come  to  Kansas  City  and  preach 
to  the  loj^al  people  of  the  place."  In  his  book  (Missouri's  Memorable 
Decade,  p.  88)  he  says:  "It  was  signed  by  two  Elders  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church,  and  some  Baptists,  Episcopalians,  Methodists  and 
Congregationalists.  *  *  There  were  about  fifty  Presbyterians  in 
the  city,  and  these  were  alienated  over  the  differences  growing  out  of 
the  civil  strife.  My  congregation  as  a  whole  was  made  up  of  all 
shades  of  religious  and  political  beliefs.  *  *  (p.  91).  It  can  be 
readily  surmised  that  in  such  environment  my  Kansas  City  pastorate 
was  anything  but  smooth  sailing.  *  *  I  tried  to  make  loyalty  to 
my  God  and  my  country  my  motto.  But  in  those  stormy  times  men 
differed  greatly  as  to  the  limits  and  applications  of  such  a  motto. 
This  fact  often  brought  me  into  conflict  with  both  extremes.  I  tried 
to  give  every  one,  soldier  and  citizen,  their  portion  of  moral  and 
spiritual  truth  in  season;  but  it  did  not  always  take  well.  *  * 
(p.  92)  Some  repudiated  because  I  did  not  pray  to  suit  them;  others 
because  I  did  not  always  preach  on  their  ideal  lines ;  some  because 
I  spoke  against  secession  too  severely;  and  others  because  I  asso- 
ciated with  men  whom  they  did  not  think  loyal.  *  *  So  I 
preached  and  taught  school,  and  performed  at  times  military  duties, 
and  tempered  the  asperities  of  the  times,  and  resisted  Satan  generally ; 
but  with  miserably  poor  success  along  any  of  these  lines." 

From  April,  1864,  to  the  spring  of  1866,  the  pulpit  was  occupied 
by  the  Eev.  J.  L.  Yantis,  D.  D.  At  the  spring  meeting  of  Lafayette 
Presbytery,  1866,  twelve  members  of  the  First  Church  petitioned 
Presbytery  to  remove  Dr.  Yantis  on  account  of  his  having  signed 
"the  Declaration  and  Testimony,"  and  so  becoming  ol)noxious  to  the 
Board  of  Domestic  Missions.  Nineteen  petitioned  for  his  retention. 
Presbytery,  being  composed  of  those  that  favored  the  Declaration 
and  Testimony,  declined  to  remove  the  Minister.  The  church  then 
split  into  two  nearly  equal  parts  (the  vote  was  14  to  13),  the 
minoritj^  including  the  original  members,  with  the  Minister,  form- 
ing what  is  now  known  as  the  Central  Presbyterian  Church,  in  con- 
nection with  the  Southern  Assembly.  It  took  several  years  before 
the  present  amicable  relations  were  established  between  the  two 
churches.     Both  began  at  once  successful  efforts  for  the  erection  of 


KAXSAS  crrV   FTKST.  269 

houses  of  worship,  the  Central  Church  putting  -up  a  frame  building 
on  the  northeast  corner  of  Ninth  and  Grand  avenue,  where  the 
Custom  House  now  stands,  and  the  First  Church,  a  large  brick  build- 
ing, on  the  west  side  of  Wyandotte,  a  little  north  of  the  present 
Exchange  Building.  The  lot  for  the  Central  Church  was  given  by 
John  C.  McCoy,  at  whose  sole  expense  the  original  building  of  the 
undivided  church  had  been  built. 

The  second  house  of  worship  belonging  to  the  First  Cliurch  was 
built  in  the  fall  of  1866,  at  a  cost  of  $10,000,  nearly  half  of  it  from 
the  East.  Of  it  Dr.  Hovey  says :  "It  was  opened  for  worship  on  the 
first  Sunday  in  January,  1867,  and  by  a  painful  coincidence,  the 
first  service  held  in  it  was  the  funeral  sermon  of  Mrs.  Eraser,  the 
wife  of  the  Pastor.  The  house  was  dedicated  in  the  following 
October,  the  dedication  sermon  being  preached  by  the  Eev.  S.  J. 
Niccolls,  D.  D.,  of  St.  Louis.  In  June,  1867,  a  tornado  swept  over 
the  city,  and  forced  in  the  gable  end  of  the  church,  ruining  the 
tower,  and  allowing  the  storm  to  drench  the  interior.  It  was  rebuilt 
immediately  at  a  cost  of  about  $5,000,  and  in  time  to  be  occupied 
by  the  Synod  of  Missouri  in  the  fall  of  1867.  In  that  church  the 
Ministers  were  the  Rev.  George  Eraser,  1866-8  ;  and  thereafter,  on 
alternate  Sabbaths,  the  Eev.  John  W.  Allen  and  the  Eev.  Dr.  W.  L. 
Breckenridge,  until  the  coming  of  the  first  installed  Pastor  the  church 
ever  had.  the  Eev.  Eobert  Irwin.  He  was  to  begin  his  labors  on  the 
first  Sabbath  in  May,  1869.  On  the  evening  of  the  27th  of  April,  the 
church  building  burned.  The  fire,  which  caught  from  an  adjoining 
building,  might  have  been  put  out  by  a  few  buckets  of  water,  had 
there  been  any  fire  department  to  apply  them  at  the  right  time. 
As  it  was,  the  handsomest  church  building  in  the  city,  a  comfortable 
brick,  with  a  tall  spire,  was  totally  destroyed.  Unfortunately  the 
insurance  on  the  Imilding  had  l)een  allowed  to  expire  a  few  days 
previously.  Before  they  could  rebuild,  the  walls  were  blown  down. 
On  reading  of  the  fire  a  St.  Louis  Elder  pertinently  wrote:  "I  see 
by  this  morning's  dispatches  that  a  Presbyterian  Church  in  Kansas 
City  is  burnt.  *  *  Was  it  insured  ?  I  think  that  failure  to  insure 
is  unfaithfulness  to  the  Lord.'' 

Dr.  Irwin  took  hold  vigorously  with  the  discouraged  people, 
and  soon  led  them  into  their  new  church  home  on  Grand  avenue,  a 
little  north  of  the  present  huilding  of  the  Kansas  City  Star.  A 
new  location  was  sought  on  account  of  the  fact  that  the  old  church 
had  been  built  nearly  opposite  that  of  the  Second  Church,  then  at  809 
Wyandotte  street.  While  the  new  church  was  building,  the  congre- 
gation was  welcomed  to  the  use  of  the  new  building  of  the  First 
Lutheran  Church  (then  without  a  Pastor),  on  the  west  side  of  Balti- 
more avenue,  a  little  north  of  Eleventh.  Before  the  Lutherans 
organized,  they  had  worshipped  with   the  Presbyterians. 


270  SKETCHES  OF  CHUECHES. 

The  Grand  avenue  building,  which  cost  $1,600,  was  a  rather 
small,  frame  structure,  without  spire,  much  less  pretentious  than 
that  on  Wyandotte  street.  It  was  always  regarded  as  a  temporary 
building,  though  twice  enlarged,  and  used  altogether  for  about  six- 
teen years.  There  Dr.  Irwin  labored  with  much  acceptance  until 
called  in  1873,  to  take  charge  of  the  St.  Louis  Depository  of  the 
Presbyterian  Board  of  Publication.  He  was  followed  by  the  Kev. 
Dr.  H.  C.  Hovey,  who  remained  until  the  grasshopper  scourge  of 
1875;  by  the  Eev.  A.  W.  Colver,  1875-7;  and  by  the  Eev.  Dr.  S.  B. 
Bell,  1877-82.  The  last  Pastor  in  that  house  was  the  Eev.  Dr.  D.  S. 
Schaff,  who  came  in  Feb.,  1883,  and  remained  until  June,  1888. 

During  Dr.  Schaff's  pastorate  the  Grand  avenue  property  was 
sold  for  $10,000  and  the  location  at  Tenth  and  Forest  was  purchased 
on  which  the  present  building  was  erected  at  a  cost  of  $35,000.  It 
was  dedicated  Feb.,  1886.  Before  it  was  completed  the  roof  was 
partly  blown  off,  making  the  third  time  the  buildings  of  this  church 
were  damaged  by  wind.  The  other  Pastors  that  have  occupied  this 
pulpit  have  been  Drs.  G.  P.  Wilson  and  H.  C.  Stanton,  and  the 
present  Pastor,  the  Eev.  Wm.  Carter,  Ph.  D.  Here  at  last  the  con- 
gregation, -  that  for  nearly  twenty  years  struggled  along  with  the 
assistance  of  the  Home  Board,  has  become  strong,  well  organized, 
harmonious  and  efficient,  one  of  the  foremost  churches  in  the  city, 
all  debts  paid,  and  able  to  reach  out  a  helping  hand  to  those  now 
struggling  as  it  once  did. 

KANSAS  CITY  SECOND.* 

The  close  of  the  Civil  War  found  a  somewhat  larger  population 
in  Kansas  City  than  were  here  at  its  beginning.  Church  life,  how- 
ever, had  been  almost  extinguished.  For  a  part  of  that  war  period  the 
services  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  were  the  only  Protestant 
services  maintained  in  the  city.  As  late  as  the  time  when  the  Second 
Presbyterian  Church  was  organized,  there  were  only  three  Protestant 
churches  here  that  held  services.  Among  the  many  Missionary 
Agents  that  then  visited  the  city  was  the  Eev.  Dr.  A.  T.  Norton, 
District  Secretary  of  Home  Missions  for  the  New  School  Presbyterian 
Church.  Eecognizing  at  once  the  strategic  importance  of  this  point, 
he  wrote  while  here  to  the  Eev.  Timothy  Hill,  then  settled  in  Illi- 
nois, and  later  visited  him  to  urge  him  to  take  hold  of  the  work  of 
establishing  a  New  School  Presbyterian  Church  in  Kansas  City. 
The  very  next  month — on  Tuesday,  July  11,  1865 — these  Iwo  men 
arrived  in  Kansas  City  by  boat  from  Weston,  then  ^he  nearest  railroad 
pdnt.  That  night  I)r.  Hill  preached  the  first  sermou  connected 
with  the  effort  that  resulted  in  the  organization  of  the  Secoud  Pres- 
byterian Church  on  the  next  Sabbath,  July  16,  1865.  They  began  in 

*This  sketch  is  mainly  prepared  from  a  discourse  by  the  Rev.  John  B.Hill  on  the 
thirty-fifth  anniversary  of  the  organization  of  the  church. 


KANSAS  CITY  SECOND.  271 

the  Southern  Methodist  church.*  There  were  only  ten  members  to 
start  with,  only  three  of  them  men.  A  feeble  beginning  surely,  but 
one  fraught  with  destiny,  entered  into  with  much  faith  and  prayer. 
The  enthusiasm  that  led  to  the  organization  of  such  a  mere  handful 
into  a  church,  amid  crude  surroundings,  in  a  war-smitten  city  of 
about  5,000  people,  was  shared  by  everybody.  All  showed  their  faith 
in  the  future  of  the  city  by  their  works  for  everything  that  tended 
toward  its  advancement. 

Ten  months  after  the  organization  of  this  church  was  effected  its 
house  of  worship,  at  809-811  Wyandotte  street,  was  dedicated.  May 
27,  1866.  This  was  the  first  of  seven  such  houses  of  worship  erected 
and  dedicated  in  Kansas  City  just  after  the  war  closed.  Its  Sabbatli 
school  had  been  organized  only  the  Sabbath  before.  "Why  not 
earlier?"  do  vou  ask.  Because  there  was  no  place  in  which  to  hold 
it.  That  little  band  of  faith  was  necessarily  quite  peritatetic  at  the 
start.  It  is  recorded  that  once  there  were  five  successive  Sabbaths  in 
which  they  met  not  only  in  a  different  place  each  Sabbath,  but  on 
one  Sabbath  at  least  met  in  two  places  on  the  same  day.  Among 
the  places  most  frequently  used  were  the  Southern  Methodist  Church 
already  mentioned,  the  Baptist  Church  (where  the  Bond  Shoe 
factory  now  is),  and  the  Christian  Church  (northwest  corner  of  12th 
and  Main  streets).  Growth  under  such  circumstances  was  impos- 
sible. Their  Minister  therefore  went  east  and  secured  the  funds  nec- 
essary for  the  procurement  of  a  church  home.  The  pews  were  given 
by  the  First  Church,  St.  Louis,  by  which  thev  had  been  used  ever 
since  the  erection  of  its  original  building  in  1819,  the  first  Protestant 
church  in  that  city.  Indeed,  including  salary,  the  church  at  large 
gave  that  first  year  considerably  over  $4,000  for  the  planting  and 
housing  of  this  church.  Did  it  pay?  The  Second  Church  did  not 
soon  forget  its  debt  of  gratitude  to  the  mother  denomination  that 
had  done  so  much  for  it.  May  it  never  forget !  One  name  especially 
deserves  perpetual  remembrance — that  of  Mrs.  P.  C.  Morrison,  of 
Collinsville,  111.,  who  alone  gave  $1,550,  beside  loaning  $1,500  more. 

Everything  seemed  to  favor  the  new  enterprise.  Immigration 
was  large,  accessions  numerous,  especially  from  young  business  and 
professional  men,  many  of  them  recently  Army  officers.  Death  was 
unknown  in  the  memljership  for  the  first  ten  years.  The  church 
liuilding,  neither  large  nor  handsome,  set  up  on  posts  at  one  end 
sixteen  feet  in  the  air,  was  nevertheless  a  meeting  place  that  soon 
became  to  many  a  soul  a  real  Bethel.  The  prayer  meeting,  which  had 
been  started  at  the  organization  and  steadily  maintained  from 
house  to  house,  not  long  after  found  a  home  in  the  basement  story 

♦still  standing,  used  fts  a  livery  stable,  on  tlie  southwest  corner  of  Fifth  street  and 
the  alley  west  of  Delaware. 


272  SKETCHES  OF  CHURCHES. 

put  under  the  original  building.  That  prayer  meeting  has  been  in 
many  respects  the  center  of  the  church's  life  and  growth  from  the 
very  start.  It  is  not  making  an  invidious  distinction  to  say  that  no 
other  prayer  meeting  in  the  history  of  the  city  has  been  so  uniformly 
and  largely  attended. 

No  other  church  in  this  region  has  been  so  uniformly  sup- 
plied by  those  that  stood  at  the  head  of  their  fellows  alike  in  pulpit 
ability,  pastoral  fitness  and  ecclesiastical  prominence.  Under  the 
ministry  of  Dr.  Timothy  Hill  the  church  was  organized,  its  house 
built  and  dedicated  free  of  debt,  and  all  its  energies  organized  and 
directed  into  fitting  channels.  During  his  three  years  and  three 
months,  sixty-six  persons  were  admitted  to  the  church.  Under  the 
second  Minister,  Dr.  Charles  D.  Nott,  the  house  of  worship  was 
packed  to  the  doors,  enlarged,  and  packed  again.  In  his  twenty-two 
months  thirty-seven  members  were  received.  The  saintly  William  M. 
Cheever  was  Pastor  of  the  church  when  the  first  large  revivals  came. 
He  led  the  church  to  a  degree  of  spirituality  never  surpassed.  His 
years  of  heroic  suffering,  crowned  by  a  triumphant  death,  gave 
emphasis  to  words  so  simply  but  earnestly  spoken  that  he  won  all 
hearts  and  added  many  stars  to  his  crown.  During  his  six  and  one- 
half  years,  281  were  added  to  the  church,  124  of  them  on  profession 
of  their  faith.  Under  the  brilliant  preaching  of  Dr.  Charles  C. 
Kimball,  the  church  grew  so  rapidly  that  a  new  building  was  impera- 
tive; but  before  the  completion  of  the  recent  building  at  the  north- 
we^  corner  of  13th  and  Central  streets*  the  pulpit  again  became 
vacant.  During  his  short  stay  of  three  years,  178  members  were 
added. 

There  is  not  space  to  go  into  particulars  as  to  the  more  recent 
history  of  this  church.  In  its  second  ch^^rch  home  its  first  Pastor  was 
Dr.  Charles  L.  Thompson,  who  in  his  six  years  received  562  persons 
into  the  membership.  During  his  pastorate  the  city  was  growing 
very  rapidly,  several  new  Presbyterian  churches  and  Missions  were 
formed  under  the  auspices  of  the  Second  Church,  and  a  handsome 
parsonage  was  built  just  north  of  the  church.  He  was  followed  in 
1888  by  Dr.  George  P.  Hays,  who  remained  four  and  a  half  years, 
part  of  them  years  of  serious  financial  depression,  but  years  in 
which  the  church  was  greatly  edified  and  strengthened,  355  persons 
being  added  to  its  membership.  After  the  resignation  of  Dr.  Hays 
the  church  was  supplied  by  various  persons,  during  the  time  when 
one  or  more  calls  were  extended  to  ministers  whose  congregations 
would  not  release  them.  Then  came,  in  July,  1895,  the  withdrawal 
of  about  one-half  its  membership  to  form  the  church  now  known  as 
the  Westminster  Congregational  Church.     The  next  Pastor  was  Dr. 

♦Destroyed  by  the  fire  that  originated  in  the  Convention  Hall  and  swept  away  the 
Hall,  the  Second  Church  and  Its  parsonage,  and  the  Lathrop  School  and  other  valuable 
property,  April  4,  1900. 


C4KO.   1'.   HAYS. 


ka:n^sas  city  secon"d.  273 

H.  D.  Jenkins,  who  came  in  Nov.,  1895.  During  the  four  years 
and  nine  months  of  his  pastorate  he  received  396  persons  into  the 
membership,  99  of  them  on  profession  of  faith,  and  that,  too,  under 
the  most  difficult  circumstances  that  ever  surrounded  the  church  life. 
From  these  figures  it  will  be  seen  that  every  Pastor  the  church 
has  had  has  done  faithful  work;  and,  as  the  city  has  increased  the 
number  of  his  possible  constituents,  each  has  risen  to  the  require- 
ments of  his  position,  and  has  brought  into  the  membership  of  the 
church  a  larger  average  number  of  new  members  each  year.  They 
have  been,  as  Dr.  J.  H.  Miller  once  said,  "men  of  learning,  eloquence, 
piety  and  consecration;  men  whose  intluence  has  been  wide,  and  the 
stamp  of  whose  labors  is  not  to  be  found  in  this  church  alone,  l)ut 
upon  the  whole  southwest."  Each  Pastor  has  recognized  his 
responsibility  as  the  liead  of  the  foremost  church  of  the  denomina- 
tion in  the  city;  and  from  time  to  time  each  has  encouraged  the 
organization  and  support  of  new  churches,  even  at  the  expense  of 
members  and  money  that  might  have  been  used  to  advantage  in 
the  home  church.  The  Second  Church  has  thus  ^T)ecome  the  mother 
of  six  churches,  not  by  secession  but  by  colonization  and  dowry."  A 
long  and  instructive  history  might  be  evolved  out  of  that  last  sentence. 
Another  might  take  up  the  activities  and  benevolences  which  have 
given  the  church  a  foremost  place  among  western  churches.  It  has 
had  seven  settled  ministers,  and  has  returned  to  the  church  at  large 
at  least  seven  of  its  sons  as  ministers  of  other  churches.  But  this  is 
not  the  place  to  go  into  details  as  to  these  things,  nor  as  to  the  mis- 
takes made,  the  sad  division  experienced  and  the  calamitous  fire  by 
which  it  lost  its  valuable  property. 

After  the  fire  of  April  4,  1900,  the  church  immediately  besran 
to  hold  its  services  in  Music  Hall,  915  Broadway,  though  soon  with- 
out a  Pastor.  Its  prayer  meetings  were  held  in  the  St.  Paul's 
Reformed  Church,  at  15th  and  Penn  streets.  Meanwhile  the  former 
site  was  sold  to  the  Public  School  Board,  a  new  site  was  purchased 
at  the  southeast  corner  of  15th  and  Broadwa}^  upon  which  the  con- 
gregation is  now  (1901)  erecting  a  commodious  stone  house  of 
worship. 

KANSAS  CITY  THIRD. 

The  Union  Pacific  railroad,  the  first  to  enter  Kansas  City,  was 
opened  as  far  as  Lawrence,  Kansas,  in  December,  1864.  The  next 
to  come  was  the  Missouri  Pacific,  which  was  opened  for  business  in 
October,  1865.  These  met  at  the  state  line,  and  began  the  railroad 
occupation  of  the  West  Bottoms.  Up  to  that  time  there  had  been  no 
settlement  in  that  now  important  part  of  the  city.  In  the  course  of 
the  next  four  years  the  population  there  reached  about  1,500.  There 
being  then  no  house  of  worship  on  the  Bottom,  or  even  place  where 
preaching  could   be   held,   individual   Presbyterians   went   to   work. 


274  SKETCHES  OF  CHUECHES. 

secured  a  lot  and  began  the  erection  of  a  house  of  worship,  wherein  to 
gather  and  organize  a  church.  The  house  cost  about  $2,000,  of 
which  $800  came  from  the  Board  of  the  Church  Erection  Fund,  and 
several  hundred  more  from  members  of  the  Second  Church.  Among 
those  most  active  in  the  gathermg  of  the  church  were  the  Eev.  G.  W. 
Goodale  and  the  Rev.  T,  S.  Reeve,  both  of  them  at  that  time  out  of 
health  and  engaged  in  business  on  the  bottom. 

In  the  private  diary  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Timothy  Hill,  under  date 
of  Feb.  20,  1870,  is  this  entry:  ''At  three  o'clock  I  preached  and 
organized  the  Third  Church  of  8  members.  Ordained  and  installed 
Dr.  0.  S.  Chapman,  Elder,  and  Bro.  Goodale  installed  Elder.  I 
dissented  from  the  position  that  a  Minister  can  be  a  Ruling  Elder, 
and  proposed  bringing  it  up  for  the  decision  of  the  Presbytery.** 
The  Presbytery  of  Lexington,  to  which  the  new  organization  was 
admitted,  very  naturally  sustained  this  dissent,  and  the  church 
had  but  one  Elder. 

In  a  historical  sermon  preached  by  the  Rev.  L.  M.  Belden,  Nov. 
20,  1898,  on  the  occasion  of  the  first  service  in  the  new  main  room  of 
the  present  church  building,  he  said:  "March  the  13th,  1870,  a 
Sunday  school  was  organized  of  52  members,  and  the  Rev.  T.  S. 
Reeve  was  elected  Superintendent.  They  seemed  to  have  a  super- 
fluity of  Ministers,  for  of  the  eight  original  members  five  were  from 
the  families  of  Ministers;  a  Minister  was  the  Superintendent  of  the 
Sunday  school,  and  of  the  four  Trustees  elected  on  the  6th  of  March 
three  were  Ministers." 

That  original  building,  on  the  northwest  corner  of  Fourteenth 
and  Hickory  streets  (which  was  enlarged  under  Mr.  Railsback's 
ministry),  was  used  until  the  encroachments  of  the  railroads  and 
business  made  removal  both  imperative  and  profitable.  The  bell  used 
on  that  building  was  given  by  the  Second  Church,  which  was 
enlarged  al)out  the  time  the  Third  Church  was  building  and  had  no 
room  on  the  enlarged  church  for  its  belfry.  In  1886  a  new  building 
was  erected  at  1413-1415  Genessee  street,  from  which  they  were  again 
crowded  out  only  two  years  later  by  the  same  causes.  A  new  loca- 
tion was  then  sought  in  an  entirely  different  part  of  the  city.  The 
membership  were  largely  "forced  to  sell  their  homes,  and  most  of 
them  to  be  more  convenient  to  their  work,"  wrote  Pastor  Martin, 
"moved  into  Kansas,  and  have  largely  taken  letters  to  the  churches 
in  Armourdale  and  Wyandotte."""  But  two  of  the  old  members 
remained  with  the  organization  on  its  removal  from  the  West  Bottom 
to  the  South  Side.  For  a  while  preaching  services  were  held  once  a 
day  in  each  of  the  locations;  but  soon  the  old  one  was  given  up  to 
a  Sunday  school,  maintained  for  a  few  months  by  the  Second  Church 
as  a  Mission.  i    [    f^  -  !  '[ 

*Now  the  Central  and  First  churches  of  Kansas  City,  Kan. 


KAITSAS  CITY  THIRD.  275 

The  population  in  the  neighborhood  of  the  original  church  was 
largely  American  and  Protestant,  mainly  connected  with  the  rail- 
roads. Excellent  work,  genuine  Mission  work  among  a  shifting  pop- 
ulation was  done  there  by  the  early  Ministers  of  the  ehurc-li,  J.  H. 
Byers,  1870-71 ;  D.  C.  Milner,  1871-5 ;  L.  Eailsback,  1875-83 ;  W.  E. 
Mack,  1884-G;  T.  B.  Vrooman,  1887,  and  A.  B.  Martin,  1887-91, 
under  the  last  of  whom  the  removal  was  made  to  the  south  side,  in  the 
spring  of  1888. 

On  leaving  the  part  of  the  city  where  the  church  had  so  long 
been,  the  first  services  were  held  in  a  hall  on  Cherry  street,  south 
of  31st.  Meanwhile  the  chapel  was  erected  on  the  back  end  of  the 
lot  now  used  by  the  church,  on  the  east  side  of  Walnut  between  30th 
and  31st.  This  continued  to  be  the  only  building  until  the  summer 
of  1898,  when  the  main  room  was  added  in  front  of  the  chapel. 
Nearly  the  entire  cost  of  the  Genesee  street  and  Walnut  street 
buildings  was  covered  by  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  the  original 
property  on  the  Bottom.  The  Ministers  that  have  preached  statedly 
in  the  present  building  have  been  A.  B.  Martin  to  1891 ;  W.  H. 
Hyatt,  1891-3 ;  P.  Heiligman  and  W.  P.  Nelson,  for  a  few  months 
each  in  1894;  L.  M.  Belden,  1894-9;  and  the  present  Pastor,  W.  E. 
Loucks,  since  Sept.,  1899. 

The  longest  stay  of  any  one  Minister  with  the  Third  Church  was 
that  of  the  Rev.  Lycurgus  Railback,  eight  years.  During  those  years 
several  protracted  meetings  were  held  with  good  results.  At  one 
time  during  his  ministry  14  were  received  by  letter  and  21  by  pro- 
fession. But  the  church  necessarily  retrograded,  owing  to  the 
encroachments  of  business  and  the  shifting  character  of  the  popula- 
tion. Those  that  remained  appreciated  the  work  that  he  had  tried  to 
do,  and  on  his  resignation  presented  him  a  handsome  gold  watch  as 
a  token  of  their  esteem.  During  the  eighteen  years  on  the  Bottom 
293  members  were  received.  In  the  chapel  at  the  new  location,  245 
members  were  received.  Many  others  have  been  added  since  the 
completion  of  the  building.  The  neighborhood  is  booming  thickly 
settled  with  a  good  class  of  people,  so  that  the  outlook  for  the 
future  is  encouraging.  Within  a  few  months  the  church  has,  for  the 
first  time,  swung  clear  of  aid  from  the  Home  Mission  Board, 
doubtless  never  to  return. 

KANSAS  CITY  FOURTH. 

The  work  which  resulted  in  this  organization  was  begun  by 
members  of  the  Second  Church,  in  April,  1881.  A  Sunday  school 
was  then  established  at  2110  Madison  avenue,  followed  wlien  possi- 
l)le  by  a  preaching  service.  Aug.  1st.  the  Rev.  J.  IT.  iMiller,  then 
supplying  the  pulpit  of  the  Second  Church  once  a  day,  began  preach- 
ing once  a  day  at  the  Mission  also.     Meanwhile  the  Second  Clnirch, 


276  SKETCHES  OF  CHURCHES. 

which  was  'then  building  ils  own  home  on  Thirteenth  and  Central 
streets,  generously  furnished  the  means  to  secure  the  erection  of 
a  church  building  at  1747  Dripps  street  (now  called  Belleview 
avenue.)  It  is  interesting  to  note  that  part  of  the  seats  for  this 
building  were  those  that  had  been  used  by  the  Second  Church  up  to 
that  time,  and  which  had  before  that  been  used  for  many  years  in 
the  original  building  of  the  First  Presb3rterian  Church  of  St.  Louis, 
which  was  the  first  Protestant  church  building  erected  in  that 
city.  That  part  of  the  city  was  then  rapidly  filling  up 
with  an  American  population,  that  entered  heartily  into  the  new 
enterprise.  A  church  of  28  members  was  formed  Feb.  5,  1882, 
while  the  congregation  was  still  worshipping  in  the  crowded  rooms 
on  Madison  avenue.  No  name  was  chosen  at  the  organization  for 
the  church  since  known  as  the  Fourth  Church.  But  one  Elder  was 
then  chosen.  The  new  building  was  erected  the  following  summer, 
and  dedicated  Dec.  10,  1882,  though  with  an  incumbrance  of  $500. 
From  that  time  on.  Dr.  Miller,  who  had  during  the  preceding  months 
been  largely  instrumental  in  gathering  the  Fifth  Church  also,  gave 
all  his  time  to  the  Fourth  Church.  He  was  installed  Pastor,  May 
6,  1883,  after  which  he  remained  for  five  and  a  half  years. 

The  work  of  the  Fourth  Church  was  at  first  largely  success- 
ful, often  attended  with  revivals,  and  always  with  a  good  degree  of 
interest.  Gradually,  however,  the  character  of  the  population  in  that 
part  of  the  city  changed  from  American  to  foreign,  mainly  Swedish. 
The  location  of  the  church  building  was  such  that  it  was  not  avail- 
able for  the  American  population  only  a  few  blocks  to  the  north  and 
east.  The  work  inevitably  dragged,  and  a  new  location  was  sought. 
New  cable  car  lines  were  carrying  the  people  far  to  the  east,  on  one 
of  which  (Fifteenth  street  near  Porter  Road)  a  store-  building  was 
rented  for  Sunday  school  and  preaching  services.  About  that  time 
Presbytery  released  Dr.  Miller  from  his  charge,  though  he  con- 
tinued to  preach  for  the  original  congregation  until  Jan.  1,  1889. 
He  left  with  the  warmest  confidence  of  all  acquainted  with  his 
work.  In  dissolving  the  relation  Presbytery  took  occasion  to  say, 
among  other  things:  "Inasmuch  as  the  present  condition  of  the 
church  might  indicate  to  those  unacquainted  with  the  facts  a 
lack  of  faithfulness  on  the  part  of  our  brother,  we  consider  it  noth- 
ing more  than  justice  to  him  to  say  that  the  condition  as  it  exists  to- 
day is  attributable,  in  our  Judgment,  to  the  fact  that  the  float- 
ing population  in  the  midst  of  which  the  enterprise  was  organized 
has  given  away  very  largely  to  a  foreign  element  with  which  the 
staid  principles  of  Presbyterian  ism  are  not  congenial." 

The  Presbytery  finally,  at  the  request  of  the  remnant  of  the 
congregation,  appointed  the  Rev.  Dr.  G.  P.  Hays  and  Elds.  F.  J. 
Baird  and  Jonathan  Ford,  of  the  Second  Church,  a  Committee  of 
consultation  and  to  relocate  the  church.     In  the  fall  of  1889  that 


KANSAS  CITY  FOURTH.  277 

Committee  succeeded  in  leasing  a  location  at  the  southwest  corner 
of  Tenth  and  Porter  Eoad  (Cleveland  avenue)  and  in  the  erection 
thereon  of  a  neat,  frame  chapel  at  the  cost  of  $1,000,  which  amount 
was  raised  by  the  Second  Church  for  that  special  purpose.  ]\Iean- 
while  the  services  of  the  Eev,  W.  G.  Pollock  had  been  secured  as 
Pastor  Elect.  On  the  day  of  dedication  of  the  new  chapel,  Dec. 
15,  1889,  the  church  was  reorganized  with  18  members,  only  five  of 
whom  had  been  members  of  the  old  church.  The  following  February 
the  west  side  property  was  sold  for  $3,000,  out  of  which  all  debts 
were  paid  and  a  balance  left  in  the  hands  of  the  Committee  for  the 
future  needs  of  the  church.  The  original  church  building  was 
purchased  by  the  Swedish  Evangelical  Missionary  Association,  by 
which  it  is  still  used. 

In  the  second  location  hard  and  conscientious  work  was  done, 
during  the  long  period  of  general  depression,  by  Mr.  Pollock,  who 
left  at  the  end  of  a  few  months  on  account  of  serious  ill  health;  F. 
B.  Everitt,  1890-1 ;  H.  M.  Campbell,  1891-4,and  J.  B.  Welty,  1894-6. 
But  again  the  location  was  adjudged  by  the  majority  of  the  con- 
gregation to  be  unsuitable,  and  under  the  lead  of  Pastor  Welty,  a 
new  location  was  secured  (1895)  at  the  southeast  corner  of  Tenth 
and  Indiana,  to  which  the  building  was  removed.  Part  of  the  money 
in  the  hands  of  the  Committee  had  meanwhile  been  used  to  add  a 
primary  class  room  (1894),  leaving  too  little  for  the  purchase  of  the 
new  site  and  the  removal  and  renovation  of  the  building.  A  small 
debt  was  thus  incurred.  Soon  after  the  removal,  the  Pastor  left, 
being  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  Wm.  Weatherstone,  who  remained  one 
year. 

In  the  spring  of  1897,  the  Fourth  and  the  Hill  Memorial 
fhuxches,  both  of  which  were  in  soriou?  financial  straits,  were  by 
Presb^^tery  grouped  for  the  next  six  months  under  the  care  of  the 
Rev.  E.  W.  McClusky,  Pastor  of  the  latter.  Previous  to  this, 
internal  trouble  in  the  Fourth  church  had  led  to  the  request  by  its 
Session  that  Presbytery  appoint  a  Committee  to  advise  with  them. 
That  fall  the  Committee  reported  its  futile  efforts  to  adjust  differ- 
onces  and  reorganize  the  Session.  Presbytery  spent  much  time  in 
the  thorough  deliberation  of  the  whole  matter  and  at  one  time  was 
about  to  dissolve  the  church,  when  it  was  finally  decided  to  make  one 
more  effort  to  resuscitate  it.     It  was 

"'Resolved,  That  the  Rev.  John  B.  Hill  be  authorized  to  ordain 
and  install  all  or  any  of  the  Elders  elected  in  the  Fourth  Church ; 
or,  if  they  decline  to  serve,  to  call  a  congregational  meeting  to 
elect  Elders,  whom  he  shall  install." 

Under  this  order  Frank  C.  McCarty  was  ordained  and 
installed  the  sole  Elder,  Dec.  5,  1897.  To  his  faithfulness  belongs 
much  of  the  credit  for  the  reinvigoration  of  the  church. 


278  SKETCHES  OF  CHURCHES. 

By  this  time  the  membership  of  the  church  had  been  reduced 
to  only  about  15,  without  regular  preaching  or  prayer  meetings,  and 
the  once  flourishing  Sunday  school  was  nearly  extinct.  The  follow- 
ing spring  the  Eev.  Wm.  C.  Coleman  began  preaching  once  a  week 
to  the  few  that  could  be  gathered  to  hear  him.  Progress  was  slow, 
and  Home  Mission  aid  impossible  that  year.  But  by  the  fall  of  1898 
Presbytery  'Tieard  with  deep  gratitude  to  God  of  the  bright  prospects 
of  the  Fourth  Church  of  Kansas  City,  under  the  ministrations  of 
the  Rev.  W.  C.  Coleman;"  and  appointed  Mr.  Coleman  and  Elder 
McCarty  a  Committee  to  bring  the  Fourth  Church  before  the  other 
churches  of  the  Presbytery  for  such  financial  assistance  as  they 
might  choose  to  give.  In  the  spring  of  1899  the  church  was  again 
recommended  for  aid  from  the  Board  of  Home  Missions,  since  which 
time  it  has  made  such  commendable  progress  that,  on  April  20, 
1900,  Mr.  Coleman  was  installed  Pastor,  and  church  and  Pastor 
received  the  hearty  congratulations  of  all  who  knew  of  the  discour- 
agements they  had  been  blessed  in  overcoming. 

KANSAS  CITY  FIFTH. 

On  Aug.  13,  1882,  a  Sunday  school  was  organized  by  the  Rev 
J.  H.  Miller  and  Mr.  W.  G.  Bell.  Mr.  Bell  was  elected  Superin- 
tendent. 126  persons  were  present  the  first  Sabbath.  The  school 
grew  beyond  the  limit  of  accommodations  for  it.  Mr.  Miller 
preached  there  once  a  Sabbath  until  his  church,  the  Fourth,  was 
finished,  Dec.  1st.  These  efforts  resulted  in  the  organization  of 
the  Fifth  Church  on  Oct.  18,  1882,  with  17  charter  members.  By  the 
aid  of  other  Presbyterians  in  the  city,  a  comfortable  frame  chapel 
costing  $1,000,  was  erected  the  next  spring  and  occupied  in  July, 
1883.    It  stood  on  the  corner  of  16th  and  Lydia. 

It  was  several  months  before  the  new  organization  succeeded 
in  securing  a  Pastor.  The  Ministers  that  supplied  it  the  first  year 
were  J.  H.  Miller,  J.  W.  Sanderson,  Paul  D.  Bergen  and  J.  W.  Fobes, 
none  of  whom  remained  many  weeks.  Mr.  Bergen  went  as  a  Mis- 
sionary to  China.  Sept.  9,  1883,  a  call  was  extended  to  the  Rev. 
J.  C.  Taylor,  of  Cuba,  N.  Y.,  who  soon  came  and  remained  three 
years  as  Stated  Supply.  During  his  ministration  the  church  grew 
to  a  membership  of  100;  sold  its  building  on  Lydia  avenue  and 
erected  in  1886,  with  the  assistance  of  the  Men's  League  of  the 
Second  Church,  a  chapel  on  the  northwest  corner  of  12th  and 
Brooklyn  avenue,  at  a  cost  (for  lot  and  house)  of  nearly  $6,000. 

The  first  Pastor  of  the  Fifth  Church  was  the  R^v.  C.  H. 
Bruce,  D.  D..  who  came  in  Feb.,  1887,  and  Avas  installed  the 
following  October.  He  had  been  ordained  to  the  full  work  of  the 
ministry,  on  a  Home  Mission  field  in  Iowa,  on  the  same  night  on 
which   this   church    was   organized.      "When   he    came,    the   church 


KANSAS  CITY  FIFTH.  279 

"undertook  the  task  of  self  support,  which,  even  in  the  midst 
of  the  prevailing  business  activity  of  that  time,  seemed  to  some 
to  be  an  heroic  effort.  But  the  hearts  of  the  people  were  full  of 
enthusiasm  and  their  visions  of  great  things  soon  to  be  realized 
were  almost  unbounded.  But  in  a  few  short  months  the  collapse 
came,  and  the  tug  of  war  began.  If  the  changed  condition  of  things 
which  necessarily  followed  had  been  anticipated,  at  the  time  the 
church  decided  to  stand  alone,  even  the  strongest  hearts  would  have 
shrunk  from  the  task.  But  once  undertaken,  it  has  never  been 
abandoned,  although  it  has  been  maintained  at  a  cost  of  energy, 
patience  and  trial  to  faith  which  can  never  be  understood  or  appre- 
ciated without  experience."  Despite  all  these  difficulties,  which 
continued  throughout  Br.  Bruce's  pastorate,  and  for  which  neither 
Pastor  nor  people  were  responsible,  the  church  grew  and  was  ever 
one  of  the  more  important  churches  in  the  city.  In  1890  the  building 
was  enlarged  and  remodeled  to  its  present  condition,  at  a  cost  of 
$2,500. 

Dr.  Bruce  resigned  in  the  spring  of  1897,  and  was  succeeded 
that  fall  by  the  Eev.  Irwin  P.  McCurdy,  D.  D.,  Litt.  D.,  during 
the  two  years  of  whose  pastorate  a  large  number  of  new  members 
were  received,  the  greater  part  of  the  debt  paid,  and  a  fair  degree 
of  prosperity  reached.  The  present  Pastor  is  the  IJev.  J.  Lapsley 
McKee,  who  was  installed  May  25,  1900.  With  a  desirable  property, 
a  splendid  location,  a  faithful  Pastor  and  a  united  people,  the 
church  now  has  a  good  hope  for  a  bright  and  useful  future. 

KANSAS  CITY  FIRST  WELSH. 

During  the  'Hioom"  times  a  large  number  of  Welsh  mechanics 
were  employed  in  Kansas  City,  especially  stone  masons.  Hav- 
ing been  Calvinists  at  home,  they  naturally  affiliated  with  the  Pres- 
byterians hero,  and  as  naturally  chose  whenever  possible  to  hear 
the  Gospel  in  their  native  tongue.  This  led  to  the  organization  of 
the  First  Welsh  Presbyterian  Church.  23  members,  on  Jan.  Ifi,  1887. 
Their  only  Minister  was  the  Rev.  Thomas  H.  Jones,  who  remained 
with  them  something  over  two  years.  The  church  soon  disappeared, 
owing  partly  to  its  internal  dissensions  but  mainly  to  the  removal 
of  much  of  the  Welsh  population  from  the  city.  It  never  secured 
a  house  of  worship  of  its  own.  It  was  dissolved  bv  Presbytery,  April 
9,  1891. 

KANSAS  CITY  HILL  MEMORIAL. 

At  the  spring  meeting  of  Presbytery,  1887,  a  petition  for  the 

organization  of  a  church  in  the  southeastern  part  of  Kansas  City 

was   referred   to   a   Special    Committee,   consisting  of   the   Rev.    J. 

H.  Miller,  D.  D..  and  Elders  F.  J.  Baird,  of  the  Second  Church, 


280  SKETCHES  OF  CHUECHES. 

and  Wm.  Young,  of  the  First  Church.  That  Committee  reported, 
June  22,  that  the  organization  had  been  effected  with  16  members, 
May  5.  The  name  was  chosen  soon  after  the  death  of  the  Eev. 
Timothy  Hill,  D.   D.,   May  21,   1887.* 

The  new  church  was  adopted  by  the  Men's  League  of  the  Second 
Church,  which  undertook  to  provide  for  it  a  suitable  home.  Lots 
were  secured  for  it  on  top  of  the  hill  on  the  west  side  of  Brooklyn 
avenue,  north  of  22d  street.  There  the  League  erected  a  foundation 
which  was  to  be  used  for  services  during  the  few  months  that  should 
intervene  until  the  congregation  should  be  large  enough  to  require 
the  completion  of  the  building. 

The  Eev.  John  C.  Taylor,  who  had  gathered  the  church,  was  its 
first  Supply  and  later  installed  Pastor.  The  prospects  then  seemed 
flattering.  There  was  a  flourishing  Sunday  school  and  the  banner 
Endeavor  Society  of  the  city.  The  Board  of  Home  Missions  con- 
tributed liberally.  The  Board  of  Church  Erection  promised  a  grant 
toward  the  completion  of  the  new  building,  on  condition  that  a  rever- 
sionary clause  in  the  deed  to  the  property  should  be  eliminated.  That 
condition  was  never  met,  owing  mainly  to  the  serious  financial  re- 
verses that  had  overtaken  many  of  those  most  interested  in  assisting 
the  organization.  Had  it  been  met  at  the  proper  time,  and  had  a 
suitable  building  been  then  erected,  so  far  as  human  eye  can  noAv 
see,  there  would  have  been  a  church  gathered  strong  enough  to  with- 
stand the  years  of  general  depression  that  followed.  As  it  was,  Mr. 
Taylor  labored  indefatigably  and  with  a  success  that  was  encouraging 
under  the  circumstances.  When  he  resigned  his  pastorate.  Presbytery 
very  heartily  adopted  the  following  minute : 

'T)uring  the  last  seven  years  Eev.  John  C.  Taylor  has  been 
laboring  in  the  pastorate  of  Hill  Memorial  Church,  of  Kansas  City, 
Mo.  Though  encountering  adverse  financial  conditions  (to  which 
any  Minister  in  that  field  must  unavoidably  have  been  exposed, 
from  the  depression  of  business  which  has  prevailed  in  this  com- 
munity for  six  or  seven  years  past),  and  meeting  other  embarrass- 
ments which  he  did  not  cause  and  could  not  have  presented,  he 
has  been  orthodox  in  preaching,  conservative  and  prudent  in  judg- 
ment, diligent  in  work,  faithful  and  beloved  in  pastoral  activity,  es- 
teemed and  respected  by  his  church  and  Presbytery.  He  leaves  the 
church  united,  warm  in  commendation  of  his  sincere,  untiring  de- 
votion, and  expressing  regret  at  his  departure." 

After  Mr.  Taylor's  rcsignatioji,  the  pulpit  was  supplied  for  two 
years  each  by  J.  S.  Caruthers  and  E.  W.  McCluskv,  each  of  whom 
met  all  the  discouragements  that  had  been  previously  encountered 
in  addition  to  some  that  were  new.     Under  these  circumstances,  it 

*This  selection  vr&a  quite  against  the  judgment  and  wishes  of  the  family,  who  knew 
that  Dr.  Hill  was  always  opposed  to  all  such  names  as  Lutheran  and  Campbellite.  which 
associate  the  names  of"  men  with  religious  organizations, 


KANSAS  CITY  HILL  MEMORIAL.  281 

is  not  remarka])le  that  the  end  was  virtually  reached  when  a  Special 
Committee,  sent  by  the  Presbytery  to  investigate  the  Home  Mis- 
sion churches  of  Kansas  City,  decided.  May  10,  1898:  "1.  That  in 
view  of  the  stringency  of  the  Home  Mission  treasury  and  the  con- 
dition of  the  property  of  the  Fourth  and  Hill  Memorial  churches,* 
the  Committee  cannot  recommend  these  churches  to  the  Board  for 
aid  at  present.  2.  That  the  officers  of  both  churches  be  requested 
to  maintain  the  legal  organization  of  each,  until  satisfactory  develop- 
ments are  made.  3.  That,  while  the  Presbytery  appreciates  the  ef- 
forts of  those  who  for  years  have  maintained  worship  at  these  two 
places,  it  seems  to  this  Committee  desirable  that  both  sites  should 
eventually  be  sold,  and  the  proceeds  invested  under  authority  of  Pres- 
bytery in  a  more  eligible 'site  for  a  new  organization."  The  result  is 
now  known — the  Fourth  church  was  barely  saved,  while  the  Hill 
Memorial  church  was  soon  disbanded  and  its  property  sold. 

KANSAS   CITY,   LINWOOD. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Presbytery  of  Kansas  City,  held  at  Hol- 
den,  Mo.,  in  October,  1889,  Pev.  George  P.  Hays,  D.  D.,  then  pas- 
tor of  the  Second  Presbyterian  church  of  Kansas  City,  advised 
tliat  the  Presbytery  recommend  to  the  Board  of  Home  Missions 
that  $500  be  spent  in  developing  Presbyterian  interests  in  the  then 
comparatively  sparsely  settled  Southeastern  portion  of  Kansas  City. 
The  recommendation  was  unanimously  agreed  upon,  the  Presby- 
tery appointing  Dr.  Hays,  Rev.  A.  B.  Martin  and  Elder  Frank 
J.  Baird  as  a  Committee  to  take  charge  of  the  work. 

Six  months  previous  to  this  action  a  meeting  had  been  called 
in  the  little  frame  school  building  that  then  stood  on  the  northwest 
corner  of  Linwood  and  Woodland  Avenues  (the  present  site  of  the 
large  Linwood  school  building)  and  the  plan  of  organizing  a  church 
in  that  neighborhood  had  been  announced.  For  some  time  a  union 
neigh])orhood  Sundav  school  had  been  conducted  at  that  point  by 
Mr.  E.  A.  R.  Rackliff.  On  June  1st,  1889,  this  school  was  taken  in 
charge  by  Rev.  William  G.  Pollock  and  his  wife,  who  conducted 
it — with  a  view  to  making  it  the  nucleus  of  the  future  church — 
until  the  following  December,  when  Mr.  Pollock's  health  failed, 
and  he  was  compelled  to  resign  the  work,  the  number  of  pupils 
having  by  that  time  more  than   doubled. 

On  Mr.  Pollock's  resignation,  the  school  was  taken  in  charge  liy 
Mr.  James  Oliver  Hogg,  then  an  Elder  in  the  Hill  ^feniorial  church, 
who  was  assisted  by  Mr.  A.  E.  Ashbrook,  Mrs.  ^lary  L.  Clark,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Alex  Hilton,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Eswick,  who  combined 
forces  to  maintain  a  strong  school,  and  eventually  to  hold  weekly 
preaching  services,  conducted  by  Rev.  A.  B.  Martin.     In  the  spring 

Then  grouped  as  one  field. 
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282  SKETCHES  OF  CHURCHES. 

of  1890  they  were  compelled  to  leave  the  school  building,  which  was 
to  be  replaced  by  a  larger  structure,  but  those  in  charge  were  un- 
daunted, and  began  to  conduct  their  services  in  the  open  air,  under 
the  large  trees  at  the  corner  of  Thirtieth  street  and  Euclid  Avenue. 
While  there  the  little  organization  began  to  receive  the  services  of 
Rev.  Edward  P,  Dunlap,  a  recent  graduate  of  Princeton  Theological 
Seminary,  working  under  a  commission  from  the  Board  of  House 
Missions. 

In  response  to  a  petition  presented  to  Presbytery  in  the  fall 
of  1890,  the  little  church  was  formally  organized  on  Sunday  after- 
noon, October  12th,  1890,  in  the  hall  on  the  corner  of  Thirtieth 
and  Euclid,  by  the  Presbytery's)  Committee  appointed  therefor; 
Rev.  George  P".  Hays,  D.  D. ;  Rev.  C.  H!  Bruce,  and  Elder  Wm. 
McEwin  of  the  First  Presbyterian  church.  There  were  twenty-one 
charter  members.  James  0.  Hogg  was  the  first,  and  for  a  time  the 
only  Elder.  A  unanimous  call  was  at  once  extended  to  Rev.  E. 
P.  Dunlap  to  become  the  new  church's  Pastor.  He  was  accordingly 
ordained  and  installed  on  ISTovember  7th,  1890. 

For  the  site  of  the  church  edifice,  the  southeast  corner  of  Lin- 
wood  and  Woodland  Avenues  was  selected.  The  Men's  League  of 
the  Second  Presbyterian  church  donated  $650  toward  the  purchase 
of  the  lot,  the  Second  church  itself  adding  a  like  sum,  the  re- 
mainder of  the  purchase  price  being  borrowed  from  a  private  indi- 
vidual. This  indebtedness  was  at  a  later  date  transferred  to  the 
Board  of  Church  Erection.  The  building  itself  was,  however,  built 
and  paid  for  solely  l)y  the  labors  of  the  handful  of  charter  members 
of  the  church,  who  themselves  gave  or  solicited  every  cent  of  its 
cost  and  had  it  paid  for  by  the  date  when  it  was  formally  opened 
for  service  on  Sunday,  February  1st,  1891.  The  cost  of  the 
structure  was  $2,095. 

In  June,  1893.  Rev.  E.  P.  Dunlap  resigned  his  pastorate.  In 
the  following  Aug.  a  call  was  given  to  Rev.  J.  A.  P.  McGaw,  D.  D.. 
of  Toledo,  0.,  which  M^as  accepted,  and  he  was  installed  on  October 
3d.  Dr.  McGaw's  pastorate  was  marked  by  great  faithfulness  and 
labor  on  his  part,  in  the  face  of  many  trials,  while  the  church  be- 
came self-supporting  in  spite  of  the  fact  that  these  were  the  disast- 
rous years  that  followed  the  city's  %oom," — years  of  difficulty  dur- 
ing which  many  an  organization  in  the  city  was  forced  out  of  ex- 
istence. Mrs.  McGaw.  the  wife  of  the  pastor,  must  not  fail  of  men- 
tion as  one  to  whom  the  church  must  ever  owe  much  for  her  zeal, 
earnestness,  and  patient  endurance  and  assistance. 

In  the  spring  of  1897,  Dr.  McGaw  resigned,  accepting  a  call 
to  the  Third  Presbvterian  church  of  Fort  Wayne,  Ind  He  was 
succeeded  bv  Lie.  Paul  B.  Jenkins,  a  graduate  that  year  from 
Princeton  Theological  Seminary,  and  the  son  of  Rev.  H.  D.  Jen- 
kins, D.  D.,  then  the  pastor  of  the  Second   Prosbvtcrian  church  of 


KANSAS  CITY,  LINWOOD.  283 

Kansas  City.     Mr.  Jenkins  was  ordained  and  installed  as  Pastor  in 
October,  and  is  the  Pastor  at  the  present  day  (June,  1901.) 

From  its  beginning  Lijiwood  church  lias  been  recognized  as 
situated  in  a  part  of  the  city  most  favorable  to  a  steady,  even  if 
a  slow,  increase  in  numbers  and  usefulness.  During  the  first  pas- 
torate it  grew  from  a  membership  of  21  to  74 ;  during  the  second  it 
increased  to  a  little  over  a  hundred;  and  the  annual  report  for  1901 
showed  220  members.  The  church  has  a  good  Sunday  school,  under 
the  Superintendence  of  Mr.  A.  B.  Colton.  who  has  held  that  posi- 
tion since  1897.  It  has  a  Pastor's  Aid  Society,  a  Woman's  Mis- 
sionary Society,  a  Mission  Band,  and  a  Senior  and  a  Junior 
Christian  Endeavor  Society.  Recent  municipal  improvements  in 
its  part  of  the  city  have  made  its  site  a  most  handsome  and  de- 
sirable one.  its  present  difficulty  being  that  its  building  is  far  too 
small  for  its  needs,  to  say  nothing  of  its  opportunities.  Plans  are 
already  on  foot  for  a  new  and  a  more  commodious  structure,  which 
it  is  hoped  that  the  near  future  will  see,  this  being  all  that  the 
organization  needs  to  make  it  one  of  the  ch^'ef  Presbyterian  chnrcbes 
of  Kansas  City. 

KINGSVILLE. 

At  the  spring  meeting  of  the  Presbytery  of  Lafayette  in  1870, 
"the  Committee  appointed  to  visit  Kingsville  (^Ministers  E.  Muse 
and  J.  W.  Allen,  and  Elder  Williamson)  reported  that  they  had 
visited  that  place  and  had  organized  a  church  of  fifteen  members. 
The  name  of  Fairview  had  been  chosen  for  the  church."  A  good 
church  building  was  secured  within  a  year,  but  the  main  supporters 
of  the  organization  soon  moved  away.  Various  efforts  were  made 
by  the  Presbytery  to  keep  the  organization  alive.  At  the  fall  meet- 
ing of  the  Presbytery  of  Osage  in  1873  a  Committee  of  visitation 
reported  finding  but  "five  or  six  permanent  members,  no  material 
to  build  upon,  and  a  general  opinion  among  the  members  that  the 
church  ought  to  be  dissolved.  The  house  of  worship  is  50x24  feet. 
Cost  $1,600.  The  Church  Erection  Board  has  a  mortgage  on  the 
property  of  $590.  The  house  would  not  perhaps  realize  more  than 
$400."  The  record  goes  on  to  state  that  "The  report  was  adopted, 
and  the  Committee  continued,  and  directed  to  visit  said  church,  and 
in  the  name  of  the  Presbytery  in-'truct  it  to  take  better  care  of  the 
property.  It  was  also  ordered  that  the  Stated  Clerk  notify  Dr. 
Wilson,  the  Secretary  of  the  Church  Erection  Board,  that  in  the 
judgment  of  this  Presbvtery  the  time  has  come  to  foreclose  the 
mortgage  on  said  property."  Would  that  in  other  such  cases  the 
Presbytery  had  been  as  prompt  to  take  such  action !  In  this  case 
a  valuable  building,  that  however  coukl  not  have  l)een  sold  for 
anywhere  near  its  value,  was  transferred  by  the  Board  of  Church 
Erection  to  another  congregation  needing  such  a  house  of  worship. 


284  SKETCHES  OF  CHUECHES. 

There  was  some  opposition  by  the  only  remaining  Trustee  to  this 
disposition  of  the  property;  but  Presbytery  dissolved  the  church 
(September  9,  1874)  ;  and  voted  that  the  Ebenezer  (Ea}Tnore) 
church  be  ''recommended  to  the  Board  of  Church  Erection  for  aid 
to  the  amount  of  $500,  and  that  the  Board  be  requested  to  grant 
them  the  Kingsville  church  property  in  payment  of  the  abo\e 
$500."  The  grant  thus  asked  was  made;  the  church  was  sawed  into 
sections,  rnoved  to  Eaymore  and  re-erected.  There  it  served  for 
twenty  years,  until  the  present  handsome  building  was  erected  in  its 
place. 

KNOB  NOSTEE. 

As  far  back  as  April  14,  1855,  ten  persons  petitioned  the 
Presliytery  of  Upper  Missouri  for  an  organization  at  Knob  Noster. 
The  Eev.  A.  V.  C.  Schenck  and  Elder  D.  Calhoun,  of  Warrensburg, 
were  appointed  a  Committee  to  organize  them,  if  the  way  proved 
clear.  September  27,  1856,  the  church  was  enrolled  as  having  been 
organized  since  the  last  meeting  of  Presbytery.  It  was  enrolled 
by  the  Presbytery  of  Lafayette  at  its  organization  the  next  vear. 
It  was  supplied  in  1856  and  1857  by  Eev.  J.  T.  Lapsley.  Nothing 
further  has  been  discovered  about  this  church,  which  seems  to  have 
become  extinct  before  or  during  the  war. 

The  present  Presbyterian  church  in  Knob  Noster  was  organized 
September  21,  1867,  by  Ministers  E.  Muse  and  J.  H.  Byers  of  the 
Presbytery  of  Lafayette.  It  began  with  six  members.  Under  the 
charge  of  Mr.  Byers,  who  preached  at  the  Sugar  Creek  church  also, 
it  grew  rapidly,  and  soon  secured  a  house  of  worship.  The  field  was 
a  hard  one  on  account  of  the  long  rides  necessary  to  reach  one 
church  from  the  other :  but  Mr.  Byers  remained  three  years,  to- 
Avard  the  close  of  which  he  wrote:  "It  (the  Sugar  Creek,  now 
Creighton  church)  is  about  forty  miles  from  here — twenty-five  by 
railroad  to  Holden,  then  south  fifteen.  They  always  meet  me  in 
Holden  with  a  conveyance.  .  .  .  The  two  points  are  too  remote. 
.  .  .  Allow  me  to  say,  and  in  the  spirit  of  meekness,  I  have 
done  much  labor  in  this  Presl)ytory;  and  I  suppose  more  of  the 
real  hard  lal)or  than  any  other  Minister  in  it." 

After  Mr.  Byers  left,  the  Kuob  Noster  churcli  was  grouped  for 
several  years  with  the  Lamontc  churcli,  until  the  death  of  the 
latter  compelled  a  new  grouping.  It  was  under  the  care  of  the  Eev. 
J.  C.  Thornton  for  over  two  years  before  the  coming  of  the  Eev. 
G.  W.  Good  ale.  About  this  time  there  came  on  a  series  of  trying 
experiences,  common  to  all  this  part  of  the  countrv,  that  accounts 
for  the  great  mortality  so  noticeable  among  the  churches  of  this 
Presbytery  between  the  years  1873  and  1876.  Wlien  we  recall 
the  financial  panic  of  1873,  the  short  crops  of  1874,  the  grass- 
hoppers of  1875-6,  no  wonder  the  churches  large  and  small  were 


KNOB  NOSTEE.  285 

tried,  some  of  them  beyond  endurance.  A  few  quotations  from 
letters  of  Mr.  Goodale,  then  at  Knob  Noster,  will  well  illustrate 
prevailing  conditions.  In  March,  1874,  he  wrote:  "My  whole  field 
is  like  a  pleasant  garden.  Every  family  appears  to  be  in  the  most 
cordial  sympathy  with  all  the  rest  and  with  the  Pastor.  I  have 
held  extra  meetings,  both  for  prayer  and  preaching,  more  than 
four  weeks  during  the  winter,  hoping  for  a  special  blessing;  but 
it  still  remains  too  much  like  the  Valley  of  Dry  Bones.  Over  so 
large  a  field  I  am  perfectly  conscious  I  am  spread  out  too  thin.  I  have 
over  forty  families  to  visit  that  are  some  of  them  members,  and 
mostly  in  the  country.  jSIy  people  alternate  Sabbaths  are  scattered, 
and  my  Sabbath  school  influence  is  thus  reduced  to  00  almost. 
We  have  here  at  Knob  Xoster  a  very  efficient  Superintendent,  which 
is  a  great  help.  The  feeble  churches  must  be  cared  for;  yet  it  is 
sad  that  a  church  of  seventy  members  with  their  families  cannot 
have  preaching  every  Sabbath.'^ 

In  August  of  the  same  year  Mr.  Goodale  wrote :  "I  see  mo 
way  but  that  I  must  leave  this  field  at  the  end  of  my  year,  September 
1st.  Many  of  my  people  will  be  brought  very  near  to  actual  want 
by  the  terrible  drawbacks  of  the  season.  The  Chinch  bug  took  a 
very  large  portion  of  the  wheat  and  oats,  and  the  corn  is  now  past 
help.  A  great  deal  of  it  will  not  make  a  bushel  to  the  acre.  Eenters 
are  offering  their  whole  crop  to  pay  rent,  and  landlords  will  not  take 
the  offer.  My  people  of  both  churches  have  voted  unanimously  to 
have  me  stay,  if  means  can  be  raised;  but  I  fear  it  will  be  im- 
possible. Several  families  are  going  to  leave,  others  will  go  if  they 
can  raise  a  little  money ;  while  others  still  see  no  apparent  means 
to  provide  for  their  families.  The  town  is  entirely  dependent  upon 
the  country,  which  cannot  come  to  their  aid  this  year.  They  do 
not  ask  me  to  take  less  salary,  and  frankly  say  that  if  it  cannot  be 
raised  for  me,  it  cannot  for  anyone.  This  of  course  is  gratifying 
to  me  although  a  sad  case."  Many  such  letters  the  Synodical  Mis- 
sionaries and  Secretaries  of  the  Board  of  Home  Missions  received 
about  that  time. 

After  ^Fr.  Goodale  left,  the  Eev.  R.  S.  Eeese  supplied  the  church 
for  one  year.  It  then  remained  without  regular  preaching  until 
1880,  when  the  Eev.  Thos.  H.  Allin  preached  there  a  few  months, 
when  the  church  again  became  vacant.  During  his  stay,  the  church 
called  Salem  seven  miles  northeast  in  the  country  was  organized 
and  grouped  with  Knob  Foster.  In  the  fall  of  1882  the  Eev.  W.  A. 
CVavens  took  charge  of  the  now  much  reduced  organization.  He 
remained  two  years  without  being  able  to  add  much  to  the  member- 
ship. After  another  interim  Licentiate  S.  C.  Bates  was  called  and 
ordained  as  an  Evangelist,  November  3,  1887.  He  was  succeeded 
by  Thos.  F.  Boyd;  by  D.  E.  Crockett,  and  by  Lie.  Andrew  A.  Boyd, 
who  was  soon  ordained  as  an  Evangelist.     The  last  named  remained 


286  '        SKETCHES  OF  CHURCHES. 

with  them,  much  appreciated,  for  six  years.  He  then  revisited  his 
native  Ireland,  remaining  over  a  year.  During  this  time  the  con- 
gregation waited  patiently  for  his  return,  upon  which  they  insisted 
upon  having  his  services  again.  His  second  term  lasted  a  year,  at 
the  close  of  which  he  resigned,  much  to  the  regret  of  his  people. 
He  was  succeeded  by  H.  C.  White,  who  remained  until  the  fall  of 
1900. 

LAMONTE. 

At  the  spring  meeting  of  the  Presbytery  of  Lafayette,  1870, 
"the  Eev.  J.  H.  Byers  reported  that  he  had  organized  a  church  at 
Lamonte,  the  church  taking  the  same  name.  .  .  ,  consisting  of 
twenty  members  and  two  Ruling  Elders.  On  motion  Presbytery 
recommended  to  the  Board  of  Church  Erection  for  the  sum  of  $500 
to  aid  in  the  completion  of  their  house  of  worship."  Mr.  Bvers 
was  then  preaching  at  Knob  Noster,  with  which  this  church  was 
grouped  during  its  entire  existence.  Its  only  other  regular  sup- 
plies were  J.  C.  Thornton  and  G.  W.  Goodale.  The  church  grew 
somewhat  the  first  year,  after  which  it  steadily  declined.  Soon  an 
oganization  was  forsaed  in  the  _same  town  by  the  Southern  Church, 
which  still  exists.  Our  organization  was  stricken  from  the  roll 
April  14,  1881.  At  the  preceding  fall  meeting  of  Presbytery,  the 
Stated  Clerk  had  been  instructed  to  issue  letters  to  the  remaining 
members,  and  to  request  the  Board  of  Church  Erection  to  dispose  of 
the  property.  Some  of  the  members  then  entered  into  the  new 
organization  a  few  miles  north,  which  has  since  been  known  as 
Salem.  The  Lamonte  house  of  worship  was  then  sold  to  the  Bap- 
tists for  $400,  and  the  proceeds  turned  over  by  the  Board  to  the 
Salem  church. 

LAYNESVILLE. 

This  church  was  upon  the  roll  of  Presbytery  from  September 
10,  1879  to  September  29,  1886.  It  was  organized  by  the  Rev.  D. 
L.  Lander,  who  was  tlien  Pastor  of  the  Malta  Bend  and  Salt 
Springs  churches,  witli  which  this  one  was  thereafter  grouped. 
There  were  thirty-two  members  at  the  beginning,  gathered  largely 
through  a  revival  led  bv  Mr.  Lander.  Several  other  members  were 
soon  added,  but  in  1881  the  town  was  completely  washed  away,  its 
site  becoming  the  bed  of  the  Missouri  River.  The  church  was 
therefore  dissolved. 

LEXINGTON. 

The  Lexington  church,  noAv  in  the  Southern  connection,  lias 
had  an  interesting  history,  which  we  have  tried  unsuccessfully  to 
get  some  one  there  to  narrate.  It  goes  back  to  the  ante  bellum  times 
of  both  civil  and  ecclesiastical  history.  It  was  organized  about  the 
time  when  the  Old  School  and  New  School  controversies  were  at 


LEXINGTOiY.  287 

their  height  in  the  East,  but  before  that  division  had  reached  Mis- 
souri. The  two  Ministers,  Dickson  and  Crawford,  that  effected 
the  organization  later  took  opposite  sides  in  the  divided  denomi- 
nation. Judging  from  the  name,  Lexington  Presbytery,  which  was 
adopted  by  one  of  the  original  New  School  Presbyteries  of  this 
Synod,  we  might  infer  that  the  sympathies  of  the  church  were 
then  supposed  to  be  with  the  New  School,  though  we  find  it  soon 
after  and  thenceforward  identified  with  the  Old  School.  Lexing- 
ton was  in  those  days  one  of  the  most  important  towns  in  the 
State.  The  Presbyterians  made  their  influence  strongly  felt  there 
from  their  start,  under  such  Pastors  as  Drs.  J.  L.  Yantis,  B.  M. 
Hobson  and  J.  A.  Quarles. 

At  the  close  of  the  Civil  War  came  the  Declaration  and  Tes- 
timony controversy  in  this  Synod,  in  which  the  majority  of  the 
Lexington  church  took  the  D.  and  T.  side.  Forty-five  members, 
however,  preferred  to  remain  with  the  General  Assembly,  and  were 
organized  in  June,  1868,  by  Ministers  W.  L.  Breckenridge  and 
George  Miller.  It  was  then  thought  that  there  were  room  and 
people  enough,  and  bright  enough  prospects  for  growth,  to  justify 
the  existence  of  two  Presbyterian  ehim-lies.  The  property  of  the 
former  organization  was  divided  pro  rata  between  its  two  suc- 
cessors. Each  organization  worked  successfully  for  several  years. 
But  the  hard  times  of  the  early  seventies  came  on,  instead  of  the 
expected  growth  of  the  town  and  its  churches.  The  Southern 
church  soon  overshadowed  its  neighbor,  and  then  absorbed  it. 

The  church  in  our  connection  was  ministered  to  by  J.  W.  Clark, 
1868-71,  and  J.  H.  Byers,  1871  If.  It  furnished  one  candidate  for 
the  Ministry,  W.  H.  Wieman,  who  afterward  became  Pastor  of  the 
church  at  Eich  Hill.  In  the  spring  of  1878  a  Committee  that  had 
been  appointed  to  visit  the  Lexingto)i  church  reported  to  the  Pres- 
bytery of  Osage,  recommending  that  the  church  be  dissolved,  its 
members  dismissed  to  the  Soutliern  clnii-cli.  and  its  property  sold 
This  action,  however,  was  not  immediately  carried  out.  It  took 
some  time  to  carry  out  its  details,  the  name  of  the  church  not  being 
stricken  from  the  roll  of  Osage  Presbytery  until  April  13,  1881. 
The  debts  of  the  Northern  churcli  were  all  paid,  and  its  house  of 
worship,  originally  costing  $10,000,  was  sold  for  $2,500,  the  balance 
remaining  being  turned  over  to  tlie  Sou i hern  church.  The  build- 
ing then  became  known  as  Wentworth  Academy,  a  Presbyterian 
school  being  conducted  there  by  Prof.  B.  L.  Hobson  (now  of  Mc- 
Cormick  Theological  Seminary)  and  others.  The  two  organizations 
thus  reunited  have  formed   a  strong,  harmonious  cliuix-h. 

LITTLE  OSAGE  (BALLTOWK) 

As  told  elsewhere,  upon  the  abandonment  of  the  Harmony  Mis- 
sion  the   Missionaries    remained    in    the    vicinitv   of    their   former 


288  SKETCHES  OF  CHURCHES. 

labors  among  the  Osage  Indians,  but  thenceforward  devoted  their 
energies  to  the  establishment  and  maintenance  of  churches  among 
the  whites.  Aside  from  the  church  organized  at  the  Harmony  Mis- 
sion in  1822,  the  first  organization  among  the  whites  appears  to 
have  been  that  of  Little  Osage.  The  early  history  of  this  church  is 
much  like  that  of  many  others  in  those  days  in  Missouri.  Having 
been  organized  by  New  England  people,  and  largely  composed  of 
those  that  had  been  brought  up  under  Congregationalism,  its  first 
few  years  were  characterized  more  by  Congregational  principles  and 
methods  than  by  those  of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  Yet  the  mem- 
bers gradually  abandoned  their  Congregational  forms  and  substi- 
tuted Presbyterian  forms  instead,  becoming  identified  with  New 
School  Presbyteries. 

The  record  of  the  original  organization  of  the  Little  Osage 
church  is  as  follows:  "June  27th,  1835.  Agreeable  to  previous 
notice,  the  people  in  this  place  assembled  at  the  school  house  at  12 
o'clock,  noon,  to  take  into  consideration  the  subject  of  organizing 
a  church  on  Presbyterian  or  Congregational  principles.  Present, 
Eev.  Nathaniel  B.  Dodge,  from  Boudinot  Missionary  Station,  Rev. 
Amasa  Jones  from  Harmony  Mission  Station,  and  Brethren  Daniel 
H.  Austin  and  Richard  Colby  from  Harmony  Church.  Introduced 
services  by  a  sermon  delivered  by  Rev.  A.  Jones,  from  Chron.  29 :5. 
Articles  of  Faith  and  Covenant  read.  Candidates  for  admission 
to  church  called  for.  The  following  presented  themselves:  By 
letter,  Wm.  Modrell,  Nathaniel  B.  Dodge,  Jr.,  George  Douglass, 
Elizabeth  Douglass,  Mary  B.  Dodge,  Elvina  0.  Dodge.  By  exami- 
nation, Elizabeth  Summers,  1st  and  2d.  The  above  members  were 
accordingly  organized  into  a  church,  by  their  publicly  assenting 
to  following  Articles  of  Faith  and  Covenant:  [12  good  articles  and 
good  covenant.]  Wm.  Modrell  was  chosen  Deacon  and  Nathaniel 
B.  Dodge,  Jr.,  Clerk."  In  this  connection  it  may  be  an  item  of 
mournful  interest  to  note  that  the  first  grave  in  the  little  ceme- 
tery established  there  was  that  of  Clerk  Dodge,  who  was  killed 
by  members  of  the  very  tribe  of  Indians  among  whom  his  father 
had  been  so  long  a  devoted  Missionary.* 

Under  the  Ministration  of  Mr.  Dodge,  the  church  continued 
as  organized,  until  March  25,  1842.  It  had  then  grown  to  only 
eighteen  members.  On  that  date  its  record  reads:  "Met  accord- 
ing to  notice  to  consider  expediency  of  adopting  Presbytery  form 
of  Government.  Members  called  upon  to  express  their  views.  .  .  . 
Presbytery  form  of  Government  adopted,  and  cluirch  placed  under 
care  of  the  Harmony  Presbytery.  William  Modrell  and  Josiah  M. 
Austin  chosen  Elders."     In  this  connection  it  continued  until  after 

*Mr.  D.  was  one  of  a  party  that  pursued  some  lawless  Indians  who  had  stolen  stock. 
In  the  fifrht  that  ensued  three  of  the  Indians  and  Mr.  D.  were  killed  800  militta-raen 
•were  at  once  called  down  from  Jackson  County,  but  did  more  mischief  in  one  week  than 
the  Indians  did  in  twenty  years. 


LITTLE  OSAGE.  289 

the  break  up  of  the  Presbytery  of  Osage,  when,  on  August  19,  1859, 
it  voted  to  join  the  Old  School  Presbytery.  It  remained  in  con- 
nection with  the  0.  S.  Presbyteries  of  Lafayette  and  Southwest 
Missouri  until  the  Reunion  in  1870.  Thereafter  it  gradually  dis- 
appeared until  about  1878,  when  it  died  on  account  of  the  re- 
moval of  nearly  all  its  members.  They  had  no  building  after  the 
original  building  was  destroyed  during  the  war.  This  organiza- 
tion was  always  supplied  in  connection  with  the  Marmiton  Church. 
How  much  it  accomplished  for  good  cannot  now  be  told.  Before 
the  Civil  War  it  reported  at  least  one  candidate  for  the  Ministry. 
It  is  the  l)urial  place  of  at  least  two  of  the  pioneer  Missionaries, 
Dodge  and  Bradshaw.  It  is  also  the  birthplace  of  one  of  the 
Ministers  of  this  Presbytery,  William  Sickles,  whose  parents  were 
long  identified  with  that  church,  and  later  with  that  of  Schell  City. 

LITTLE  TEBO. 

Benton  County.  Organized  by  James  Gallaher.  Dissolved  and 
members  went  to  Warsaw.     Osage  PresbyttM-y,  then  Lafayeli*'. 

LONE  OAK. 

This  church  (sometimes  called  Double  Branches),  is  the  out- 
growth of  the  old  Harmony  Mission,  established  a  few  miles  south 
of  it  on  the  Osage  Eiver  in  1831.  It  has  always  had  in  its  member- 
ship the  descendants  of  several  of  the  original  Mission  families.  The 
old  organization,  formed  June  13,  184(5,  was  ministered  to  by  the 
Rev.  Wm.  C.  Requa.  Its  house  of  worship  was  burned  during  the 
Civil  War,  and  its  organization  broken  up. 

The  present  organization  dates  from  Feb.  10,  1868.  The  first 
record  in  the  Session  book  is:  /After  sermon  by  Rev.  S.  G.  Clark, 
from  text  Luke  2 :49,  the  following  persons  were  organized  into  a 
church,  with  Jjone  Oak  as  cori)orate  name:  William  R.  Thomas,  Mary 
H.  Thomas,  Sarah  A.  Requa,  Sarah  J.  Requa,  Austin  Requa  and  Wil- 
liam Requa.  Austin  Requa  was  elected  Elder.  S.  G.  Clark,  Mis- 
sionary of  District."  The  churcli  was  supplied  at  different  periods, 
usuallv  only  once  a  month,  by  S.  G.  Clark,  Dr.  Wm.  C.  Requa.  G.  W. 
Macmillan,' J.  F.  Watkins,  W!  M.  Reed,  D.  R  Crockett,  Josiah  Thomp- 
son, T.  J.  May,  Wm.  Coleman,  Lie.  C.  Lee  Reynolds,  J.  C.  Taylor 
and  others. 

This  is  a  country  church,  which  in  1880  built  in  connection  with 
the  Methodists  and  the  Grange  a  church  building,  with  a  liall  al)ove 
for  the  use  of  the  Grange.  Tliis  is  located  at  Peru  post-olTice.  The 
membership  has  never  been  large,  but  usually  able  to  supply  the  church 
with  preaching  once  a  month  without  outside  assistance  A  go  mI 
Sabbath-school  has  been  maintained.  The  old  missionary  influence 
is  still  strongly  felt,  though  most  of  the  old  families  are  now  gone. 
"Thev  rest  from  their  labors  and  their  works  do  follow  them.'' 


290  SKETCHES    OF   CHURCHES. 

LOWRY  CITY. 

The  Lowry  City  church  was  organized  by  a  Committee  of  Pres- 
bytery, consisting  of  Ministers  W.  M.  Pocock,  John  B.  Hill  and  W.  M. 
Newton,  Jan.  21,  1893.  There  were  fifteen  members,  only  four  of 
them  men.  Several  of  them  had  been  connected  with  the  Westfield 
church,  some  nine  miles  north.  Their  first  Supply  was  the  Rev. 
W.  M.  Newton,  who  went  there  in  December,  1893,  and  remained 
seven  years.  The  following  year  they  built  a  very  neat  frame  house 
of  worship,  26x50  feet,  costing  $1,650,  of  which  the  Board  of  Church 
p]rection  contributed  $500,  and  outside  friends  $200.  The  church 
has  had  a  gradual  growth  and  a  harmonious  and  useful  history,  in 
connection  with  that  of  Westfield,  with  which  it  as  always  been 
grouped. 

MALTA  BEND. 

Of  the  organization  of  this  church  Synodical  Missionary  Allen 
wrote  at  the  time:  "A  new  church  consisting  of  thirty  members, 
with  Wm.  Lunbeck  and  Wm.  H.  Squairs  as  Ruling  Elders,  was  or- 
ganized at  Malta  Bend,  Mo.,  May  16  (1875),  by  Revs  J.  W.  Allen 
and  J.  F.  Bruner.  The  population  of  this  whole  county  (Saline)  is 
thoroughly  sandwiched  with  Presbyterians.  Already  there  are  nine 
church  organizations,  six  of  them  in  connection  with  the  Southern 
Assembly,  viz. :  Miami,  Olivet,  Brownsville,  Pisgah,  Arrow  Rock, 
Marshall.  These  churches  enjoy  the  pastoral  services  of  Revs.  J.  Bar- 
bee  and  B.  H.  Charles.  In  our  connection  there  is  one  German  churcli 
at  New  Frankfort,  to  which  Rev.  H.  Stauss  ministers.  *  *  *  The 
Salt  Springs  and  Malta  Bend  churches  are  but  six  miles  apart  and  yet 
in  two  distinct  neighborhoods.  They  now  enjoy  the  pastoral  care 
of  Rev.  J.  F.  Bruner,  who  entered  the  ministry  only  last  year,  at  ma- 
ture age,  having  given  the  earlier  part  of  his  life  to  the  practice  of 
medicine  and  teaching.  He  brings  into  his  work  a  ripe  experience, 
which,  coupled  with  his  consecration  and  faithfulness,  is  already 
securing  marked  success."  Dr.  Bruner  remained  about  two  years, 
at  the  close  of  which  he  wrote :  "When  I  came  to  Malta  Bend  there 
was  not  a  single  Presbyterian  in  the  place,  and  prejudice  was  strong 
against  Presbyterianism.  *  *  *  This  church  and  Salt  Springs  have 
added  *  *  *  forty-eight  members,  while  here  at  Malta  Bend  we  have 
erected  and  expect  to  dedicate  the  last  Sunday  of  this  month,  one  of 
the  neatest  Presbyterian  churches  in  Missouri  of  its  size,  and  all  witli- 
out  a  dollar  of  debt  on  it."  Finished  and  furnished,  the  whole  build- 
^'ng,  28x48  feet,  cost  less  than  $1,700.  It  was  dedicated  the  third 
Sabbath  in  October,  1876,  the  sermon  being  by  the  Rev.  Nathaniel 
Williams,  of  Iowa.  A  revival  soon  followed,  resulting  in  several  ad- 
ditions to  the  membership. 

For  several  months  after  the  leaving  of  Dr.  Bruner.  the  pulpit  was 
supplied  by  Licentiate  B.  D.  Luther.  In  1870  the  Rev  David  L. 
Lander  came  and  was  installed  pastor.  He  remained  until  1884,  dur- 
ing which  time  the  church  reached  its  greatest  prosperity.  Before 
he  left  there  had  been  several  seasons  of  revival,  the  two  churches  in 


MALTA  BEND.  291 

the  group  assumed  self  support,  and  activity  in  every  good  work  was 
very  marked.  "As  a  token  of  appreciation,  the  little  struggling 
churches  of  Malta  Bend  and  Salt  Springs  gave  to  their  pastor  on 
Christmas  Day  (1881)  a  purse  of  $1G6.  Happy  pastor,  liappy  peo- 
•ple !"  The  Laynesville  church  was  organized  by  Mr.  Lander,  and  for 
a  time  was  grouped  with  Malta  Bend  and  Salt  Springs.  After  the 
resignation  of  their  pastor,  on  account  of  ill  health,  these  churches 
remained  vacant  for  some  months,  after  which  the  work  at  Malta 
Bend  was  not  for  many  years  successfully  revived.  The  only  other 
settled  minister  there  was  the  Rev.  James  Lafferty.  For  years  after 
he  left  the  church  was  vacant,  and  had  but  an  occasional  sermon. 
Most  of  the  members  moved  away,  and  those  remaining  attended 
church  at  either  Salt  Springs  or  at  the  Saline  church  (Southern), 
four  miles  east.  At  last,  after  an  absence  of  fifteen  years,  Mr.  Lander 
returned,  much  to  the  delight  of  the  remnant  of  the  former  chargo. 
It  was  thought  that  he  could  resuscitate  the  organization,  so  long 
dormant.  But  after  a  year's  hard  work,  he  gave  up  the  field  as 
hopeless. 

Nothing  seemed  to  be  left  but  the  building,  which  was  in  a  good 
state  of  repair.  But  in  the  spring  of  1900  another  effort  was  made  t'^- 
revive  the  organization.  Licentiate  C.  C.  McKinney,  a  Middler  in 
McCormick  Seminar}^  was  sent  there  and  soon  succeeded  in  securing 
good  audiences  and  an  increased  membership.  In  the  fall,  at  the 
urgent  request  of  the  churches  of  Malta  Bend  and  Salt  Springs,  he 
consented  to  remain  a  year  with  them.  In  the  spring  of  1901,  both 
churches  requested  his  ordination  and  installation,  which  Presbytery 
heartily  granted.  Mr.  McKinney  is  a  grandson  of  the  pioneer  Mis- 
sionary, Seth  G.  Clark,  so  prominent  in  this  Presbytery  soon  after  the 
Civil  War. 

MARMITON. 

The  correct  spelling  of  the  name  of  this  church  is  hard  to  ascer- 
tain. It  is  referred  to  in  old  records  as  Marmiton,  Maumetan,  Mar- 
mateau,  and  in  a  variety  of  other  forms.  It  is  sometimes  called  Big 
Drywood.  No  sketch  of  it  has  been  found.  It  is  known,  however, 
to  have  been  the  direct  outgrowth  of  the  Harmony  Mission.  Its 
organizer  was  probably  the  Rev.  N.  B.  Dodge.  Its  presbyterial 
connection  was  first  with  the  Harmony  and  Osage  Presbytery,  then 
with  the  Presbytery  of  Lafayette,  then  with  Southwest  Missouri,  and 
possibly  last  with  Ozark,  just  when  it  finally  died  is  unknown.  It 
is  worthy  of  remembrance  mainly  as  the  church  home  of  one  of  the 
early  lay  Missionaries  to  the  Osages. 

Mrs.  I.  C.  Sickles,  formerly  a  member  of  the  Little  Osage  church, 
with  which  that  of  Marmiton  was  always  grouped,  writes:  "I  am 
sorry  there  can  be  found  no  record  of  the  Marmiton  church,  and  I 
regret  very  much  that  I  cannot  find  *  *  *  a  more  satisfactory  sketch 
of  the  life  of  Abram  Redfield,*  who  was  really  the  father  and  founder 

*A  short  sketch  of  Esq.  Redfield  is  found  in  Brown's  History  of  Vernon  County. 


292  SKETCHES  OF  CHURCHES. 

of  the  Marmiton  church.  Abram  Reclfield  came  to  that  region  from 
Union  Mission  in  1836,  and  settled  near  what  is  now  known  as  Deer- 
field.  He  was  a  N'ew  Yorker  by  b'rth,  a  man  of  much  above  ordinary 
intelligence  and  of  fine  education,  and  one  of  the  most  saintly  men 
I  ever  knew.  I  remember  well  visiting  in  his  family  when  I  was  a 
little  girl,  when  it  was  his  custom  on  the  Sabbath  to  hold  religious 
services  in  his  own  house;  and  when  the  weather  and  roads  were  bad, 
he  would  send  a  wagon  round  the  neighborhood,  sometimes  making 
several  trips,  to  gather  the  people  in.  "Then  he  would  superintend 
a  Sabbath-scliool,  and  usually  read  a  sermon.  As  he  was  a  good 
reader,  a  fine  talker  and  a  splendid  singer,  the  service  was  always 
edifying  and  much  enjoyed  by  all.''  He  died  Dec.  8,  1802.  Why 
could  not  many  of  our  modern  churches  revive  the  good  old  custom  of 
utilizing  their  Elders  when  they  happen  to  be  out  of  a  Minister? 
There  certainly  are  Elders  who  could  do  such  work  efficiently. 

MONTROSE. 

This  church  is  largely  the  outgrowth  of  the  old  adobe  church, 
called  Deepwater,  organized  by  Dr.  Amasa  Jones  in  1843.  Dr.  Jones 
was  one  of  the  original  Missionaries  that  established  Harmony  Mis- 
sajon  in  1831.  Both  the  old  Deepwater  church  and  that  of  Montrose 
had  among  their  original  members  several  of  the  old  missionary  fam- 
ilies. The  Montrose  church  was  organized  in  October,  1870,  by  the 
Rev.  B.  F.  Powelson.  A  house  of  worship  was  erected  at  a  cost  of 
$1,400,  seated  some  time  later  at  a  cost  of  $135,  the  sum  granted  by 
the  Board  of  Church  Erection  for  that  purpose.  The  largest  number 
of  communicants  ever  reported  for  this  church  was  forty-seven  in  1881. 
It  has  been  a  difficult  church  to  keep  supplied,  having  been  grouped 
with  various  other  churches,  seldom  remaining  long  in  the  same  group- 
ing. It  has  consequently  had  a  different  Supply  almost  every  year, 
except  when  under  the  care  of  the  Pastor-at-Large.  The  town  is 
largely  Roman  Catholic.  Another  serious  discouragement  this  church 
has  had  was  quite  unusual  in  character.  A  set  of  "come-outers,"  led 
by  a  former  Presbyterian  Minister  named  O'Brien,  held  a  series  of 
meetings,  lasting  several  weeks,  with  the  avowed  purpose  of  breaking 
up  every  church  in  town — a  purpose  that  nearly  succeeded.  Through 
the  efl'orts  of  Evangelists  Railsback  and  (later)  Watkins,  a  remnant 
was  saved,  the  Sabbath  school  maintained,  and  hopes  revived  thai 
there  might  still  be  a  useful  existence.  IsTearly  all  of  the  older  mem- 
bers have  left  the  vicinity. 

MORRISTOWN. 
See  Freeman. 

NEW  FRANKFORT. 

The  only  organization  this  Presbytery  has  had  since  the  Civil  War 
among  the  non-English  speaking  populations  was  that  of  New  Frank- 


NEW  FRANKFORT.  293 

fort.  This  church,  originally  belonging  to  the  Cumberland  Presby- 
terians, petitioned  to  unite  with  the  Presbytery  of  Osage.  Apr.  20, 
1872,  "the  Committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  request  of  the  Cum- 
berland German  Church  of  New  Frankfort  report,  That  they  have  care- 
fully considered  tlic  request  and  inquired  into  the  prospects  of  the 
church  and  the  soundness  of  their  faith,  and  recommend  that  their 
request  be  granted."  It  was  naturally  somewhat  ditfieult  to  sup- 
ply this  church  with  Grerman-speaking  Ministers.  Its  only  installed 
Pastor,  the  Rev.  F.  Van  der  Lippe  (usually  written  without  the  Van 
der),  remained  less  than  two  years.  He  was  followed  by  the  Rev. 
F.  C.  Schwartz  in  1877. 

April  15,  1880,  the  Presbytery  adopted  the  following  report  of  a 
Committee  it  had  previously  appointed:  "I  visited  the  New  Frank- 
fort church  by  apjwintment  of  Presbytery,  and  found  that  the  church, 
by  almost  unanimous  vote,  had  resolved  to  connect  with  the  Geruiaii 
Evangelical  Association;  that  the  minority  made  no  opposition  to  the 
wishes  of  the  majority.  Your  Committee  recommended  that  the 
church  refund  to  the  Board  of  Church  Erection  the  $200  received  to 
aid  in  the  erection  of  their  house  of  worship,  which  has  been  done 
through  J.  W.  Brown,  a  member  of  the  Committee.  The  Board  has 
released  its  claim,  and  we  recommend  that  the  church  of  Now  Frank- 
fort be  dissolved  and  its  name  stricken  from  the  roll,  (signed)  J.  W. 
Allen,  Chairman.'' 

NEVADA.* 

Nevada  is  the  county  seat  of  Vernon  county,  though  not  one  of 
the  oldest  towns  of  that  region.  That  county  was  long  the  homo  of 
the  Osage  Indians,  among  whom  the  Harmony  Mission  was  established 
in  the  southern  edge  of  the  adjoining  county  of  Bates  in  the  fall  of 
1821.  The  earliest  white  settlements  of  Vernon  county  were  those 
of  the  Missionaries  and  their  fr'ends,  by  whom  several  churches  were 
established  before  the  Civil  War.  Those  churches  were  connected  with 
the  New  School  branch  of  the  Church,  until  its  practical  disruption  in 
this  region  shortly  before  the  War.  The  whole  region  then  passed  into 
the  hands  of  the  Old  School  church,  by  wliich  after  the  War  many  ef- 
forts were  made  to  revive  the  old  churches  and  to  establish  new  ones. 
So  far  as  now  discoverable,  the  fir^^^  organization  in  Nevada  City,  as 
it  was  then  called,  was  made  by  the  Rev.  W.  R.  Fulton,  in  Sept.,  1872. 
It  consisted  of  nine  members,  who  seem  to  have  been  unusually  rich  in 
officers,  having  had  four  Elders  and  one  Deacon.  This  organization 
did  not  long  survive,  however,  having  been  dissolved  Apr.  13,  187fi. 
after  it  had  been  transferred  from  the  Presbytery  of  Ozark  to  that  of 
Osage.  The  Declaration  and  Test'mnny  party  also  formed  an  organi- 
zation there,  whicli  was  likewise  shortlived. 

On  Feb.  20,  1878,  an  organization  of  23  members  was  formed  by 
the  Rev.  J.  H.  Byers,  ten  of  the  members  coming  from  the  Southern 

♦After  an  the  rest  of  this  book  was  in  type,  it  was  discovered  that  the  sketch  prepared 
of  the  Nevada  church  had  in  some  way  been  lost.  This  sketch'is  therefore  hurriedly  pre- 
pared, and  not  as  complete  as  we  would  like  to  have  made  It. 


294  SKETCHES  OF  CHURCHES. 

cfmrch.  A  newspaper  notice  of  the  field,  published  a  few  weeks  later, 
says :  "Bro.  Byers  has  been  abundant  in  his  labors  since  taking  charge 
of  this  field — preached  33  sermons  during  February.  As  the  result 
of  a  series  of  meetings  held  in  Prosperity  church  (which  is  grouped  in 
the  same  pastorate  with  Nevada)  12  were  added  on  profession.  There 
had  been  several  conversions  in  Nevada.  They  have  an  excellent 
school  of  over  70  scholars."  But  though  great  things  were  expected 
of  the  field,  it  did  not  succeed  at  the  start. 

When  Dr.  George  Miller  went  to  Nevada  in  1883,  he  says  it  was 
an  uninviting  field,  having  only  44  members  and  a  church  building 
needing  yet  $3000  to  complete  it.  "It  was  a  forbidding  outlook. 
Elder  J.  W.  Cleland  had  great  faith  in  the  Lord,  the  church  and  me, 
and  urged  me  to  come,  offering  to  obligate  himself  to  see  that  I  got 
$1200  a  year,  and  that  the  building  should  be  fully  and  handsomely 
^iquipped  inside  of  one  year.     He  was  then  a  prosperous  and  leading 

ousiness  man  of  high  standing,  and  filled  his- promise  fully A 

Young  People's  Society  and  a  Ladies'  Missionary  Society  were  organ- 
ized. In  the  four  and  a  half  years  of  our  pastorate  one  hundred  and 
eighty  members  were  aded,  ninety  of  them  on  profession  of  faith ;  and 
the  money  raised  aggregated  nearly  $10,000.  We  always  thank  the 
Lord  and  our  colaborers  in  Nevada  for  the  work  done  there." 

The  results  of  the  next  few  years'  work  there  cannot  now  be  ac- 
curately stated,  as  the  Session  Book  has  in  some  way  been  destroyed. 
The  church  has  had  a  varied  experience  in  the  last  twenty  years,  under 
several  Pastors.  The  present  Pastor,  Dr.  J.  H.  Miller,  who  began  his 
labors  there  in  1898,  has  been  quite  successful  in  his  work. 


OLIVE  BRANCH. 

See  Creighton. 

OSCEOLA. 

The  Presbyterian  church  of  Osceola  in  its  present  form  post- 
dates the  Civil  War.  It  is  the  outgrowth,  however,  of  an  organiza  - 
tion  formed  there  many  years  ago,  as  will  be  seen  by  the  following 
first  entry  in  the  original  record  book  of  the  old  organization :  "On 
the  removal  of  the  Osage  Indians  beyond  the  bounds  of  the  State  of 
Missouri,  the  Missionaries  of  the  A.  B.  C.  F.  M.  still  remained  within 
its  borders.  As  the  whites  came  in  to  possess  the  land,  these  Mis- 
sionaries preached  in  the  destitute  places  and  watched  over  the  sheep 


OSCEOLA.  295 

scattered  in  the  wilderness.  In  1842  there  were  found  to  be  eight 
members  of  distant  churches  in  this  region  who  desired  to  unite  them- 
selves together  for  mutual  fellowship  in  the  Lord.  On  the  first  Sab- 
bath of  March,  by  previous  appointment.  Rev.  Ama§a  Jones,  ac- 
companied by  Rev.  E.  P.  Xoel,  met" — the  eight,  and  organized  them 
into  a  Presbyterian  church.  The  first  Elders  were  Samnel  W.  Harris 
and  Robert  Osborn.  The  original  record  book  is  still  in  existence, 
but  has  not  been  in  the  hands  of  the  compiler  of  this  sketch. 

From  other  sources  it  is  learned  th;.!t  1>j.  Jones  had  had  iiany  a 
"previous  appointment"  there.  He,  who  has!  been  among  the  orig- 
inal Mission  band  that  established  Harmony  Mission  in  1821,  became 
a  Home  Missionary  by  appointment  of  ;.he  Americm  Home  Mission- 
ary Society,  April  25,  1836.  His  first  report  shows  that  he  labored 
one  quarter  time  "at  the  mouth  of  the  Sac  River,"  before  there  was 
much  of  a  settlement  there.  He  continued  preaching  there  with  more 
or  less  regularity  until  a  year  after  the  organization,  when  the  Rev. 
Isaac  B.  Ricketts  took  charge  of  the  Osceola  and  Weaubleau  churches. 
The  Rev.  E.  P.  jSToel,  who  assisted  at  the  organization  at  Osceola,  was 
preaching  in  the  Weaubleau  church  at  that  time.  Mr.  Ricketts  took 
charge  March  1,  1843,  and  seems  to  have  remained  jomo  five  year.-. 
During  his  last  year  there  Mr.  Ricketts  wrote:  "This  has  been  a  .rea- 
son of  great  worldly  mindedness ;  the  gold  fever  has  raged  greatly  'n 
this  part  of  the  world,  and  consequently  religion  has  been  at  a  low 
ebb.  There  was  great  alarm  among  the  people  when  'the  pestilence 
that  walketh  in  darkness  and  destruction  that  wasteth  at  noonday'  were 
sweeping  off  their  hundreds  and  thousands  *  *  *  •  but  when  the  judg- 
ments of  God  were  in  the  land,  there  were  not  many,  it  seems,  that 
learned  righteousness."  Many  similar  references  to  the  California 
gold  excitement  and  to  the  cholera  season  of  1849  are  foimi  in  the  cor- 
respondence of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society. 

In  1849  the  Rev.  Jos.  V.  Barks,  then  recently  ordained  at  Warsaw. 
took  charge  of  the  Osceola  church  in  connection  with  that  at  "Warsaw, 
where  he  lived.  He  remained  two  years.  He  made  quite  an  im- 
pression on  the  people,  such  that  for  years  after  iho  War  he  was 
"spoken  of  with  the  greatest  respect  by  the  older  resident?."  He 
probably  supplied  the  church  again  for  about  a  year  in  1859.  In  the 
fall  of  1851  the  Rev.  L.  R.  ^Morrison,  of  Cross  Timbers  church  in 
Hickory  county,  began  preaching  at  Osceola,  half  time,  for  two  years. 

Some  time  in  1854  the  Rev.  G.  W.  Harlan  began  preaching  in 
Osceola.  He  was  then  a  Licentiate.  He  was  not  ordained  until  thp 
spring  of  185fi.  He  had  charge  of  the  Osceola  church,  at  first  for 
half  time,  until  1858.  The  next  year  he  h*ad  charge  of  the  Osag:> 
Academy  at  Osceola.  He  was  suppported  partly  by  the  Southern  Aid 
Society,  partly  by  the  Missouri  Home  Missionary  Society,  and  partly 
by  the  church.  He  found  a  church  of  onlv  twenty  members,  though 
with  an  average  attendance  of  200  to  300  persons  at  each  service. 
The  only  other  denomination  in  town,  the  Southern  Methodist,  al- 
ternated with  the  Presbyterians  in  the  use  of  the  same  house  of  wor- 


296  SKETCHES  OF  CHUECHES. 

.ship.  In  1856  Mr.  Harlan  wrote:  "I  preach  regularly  in  this  place 
every  alternate  Sabbath,  twice  to  the  white  and  once  to  the  colored 
congregation,  at  a  point  seven  miles  southwest  of  town,  one  Sabbath 
each  month  ;^  the  remaining  Sabbath  at  different  points."  A  prayer- ' 
meeting  was  maintained,  though  with  difficulty,  the  Pastor  not  always 
being  able  to  get  over  the  Sac  Eiver  from  his  boarding-place  at  Col. 
Waldo's  to  the  church.  The  Sabbath-school  was  a  union  school  with 
the  Southern  Methodists,  who  owned  the  church  building. 

In  this  church,  as  in  every  other  in  Missouri  in  those  days,  the 
slavery  question  had  its  bearing  on  every  other  interest.  Mr.  Harlan 
replied  to  a  question :  "I  am  a  slave-holder,  having  become  one  by  in- 
heritance." That  fact  prevented  the  church  from  receiving  further 
aid  from  the'  American  Home  Missionary  Society,  or  from  the  Mis- 
souri Home  Missionary  Society,  auxiliary  to  it.  Like  nearly  every 
other  church  in  this  part  of  the  State,  this  church  and  its  Minister 
decided  to  go  into  the  Old  School  denomination  (Nov.  13,  1858). 
September  16,  1859,  both  were  received  into  the  Presbytery  of  La- 
fayette. Mr.  Harlan  soon  left,  the  War  came  on,  the  church  dis- 
appeared. Several  slaves  had  been  members  of  the  church.  One  in- 
teresting record  in  this  connection  was:  "David,  colored  servant  of 
.  .  .  .,  having  expressed  the  desire  to  unite  with  the  church,  though 
without  a  letter  from  the  Presbyterian  church  in  Tennessee,  of  which 
he  was  a  member,  the  proof  from  other  sources  that  he  sustained  the 
character  not  only  of  an  earnest  Christian,  but  of  a  faithful  preacher 
of  the  Gospel  being  satisfactory,  he  was  received  into  our  fellowship." 
As  Dr.  Milner  remarks,  "Does  pretty  well  for  a  chattel !" 

September  22,  1861,  the  town  was  burned  by  the  noted  Jim  Lane. 
We  hear  nothing  more  of  the  old  church.  September  14,  1867,  the 
Eev.  John  M.  Brown,  the  pioneer  missionary  of  southwest  Missouri 
after  the  War,  organized  a  new  church,  consisting  of  only  seven  mem- 
bers. G.  Whitelaw  Shield,  late  an  Elder  in  the  Appleton  City  church, 
now  an  Elder  in  the  First  Presbyterian  church  of  Kansas  City,  was 
elected  Elder.  When  Mr.  Brown  came  again  the  next  month,  five  more 
members  were  admitted.  Of  these  twelve,  only  two  had  been  members 
of  the  former  organization.  , 

The  little  band  worshiped  in  the  Court  House  for  the  first  few 
years,  until  able  to  secure  a  liuilding  of  their  own.  After  Mr. 
Brown,  their  first  Minister  was  the  Eev.  Duncan  C.  Milner,  then  just 
from  the  Seminary,  one  of  a  band  of  ten  young  men  ordained  at  the 
meeting  of  Synod,  October  4,  1868.  He  began  work  in  Osceola  Nov. 
28  following.  Under  his  ministry  a  revival  occurred,  and  it  was  de- 
cided to  build  a  brick  house  of  worship,  which  was  soon  after  finished 
with  the  exception  of  the  belfry  and  seats.  Of  this  house  the  his- 
tory of  Henry  and  St.  Clair  counties  (1883)   says: 

"The  dedication  (1871)  was  by  the  Eev.  C.  H.  Dunlap,  of  Se- 
dalia,  whose  eloquence  and  impressive  manners  caused  deep  feel- 
ing throughout  the  ceremony.     He  took  the  following  for  his  text, 


OSCEOLA.  297 

being  the  first  verse  of  the  122cl  Psalm:  ^Vnd  I  was  glad  when  they 
said  unto  me,  Let  us  go  up  into  the  house  of  the  Lord.'  Some  items 
concerning  the  rise  and  progress  of  this  building  may  not  prove  unin- 
teresting to  our  readers.  The  subscription  paper  was  first  started  by 
the  Rev.  J.  M.  Brown  *  *  *  over  three  years  [before] .  Two  lots  were 
kindly  donated  by  the  Hon.  Waldo  P.  Johnson,  three  lots  purchased 
by  extra  subscription,  and  the  cornerstone  of  the  building  was  laid 
in  1870.  The  original  cost  of  the  building,  whicli  is  38x56,  together 
with  the  current  value  of  the  lots,  makes  the  entire  churcli  property 
worth  about  $4,500.*  This  building  was  the  first  church  edifice  com- 
pleted since  the  War.  Its  interior  arrangements  are  comfortable  and 
pleasant,  and  its  exterior  neat  and  attractive.^' 

Like  many  others  this  church  suffered  severely  during  the  hard 
times  of  1873iff.  Not  until  it  obtained  an  installed  Pastor  did  it 
succeed  in  making  much  progress.  Oct.  30,  1882,  the  Rev.  J.  F.  Wat- 
kins,  who  had  been  installed  the  night  before  over  the  church  at 
Brownington,  was  installed  over  that  of  Osceola  also.  He  had  pre- 
viously supplied  the  church  from  1873-5,  and  again  from  1879  on. 
Under  his  ministry  there  was  prosperity,  material  and  spiritual ;  the 
church  nearly  quadruplinc  its  membership  and  rebuilding  and  en- 
larging its  house  of  worship  at  a  cost  of  about  $4,000.  There  was, 
however,  a  long-protracted  case  of  discipline.  Its  only  other  installed 
Pastors  have  been  H.  C.  Keeley,  '87-8,  and  J.  Twyman  Boyer,  S.S. 
and  P.,  1896-1900.  Though  throughout  almost  its  entire  existence  this 
church  has  enjoyed  but  a  part  of  its  Minister's  time,  and  has  suffered 
possibly  more  than  any  other  in  the  Presbytery  from  removals,  it  has 
sustained  its  various  Christian  activities  with  commendable  zeal  and 
fidelity.  The  Rev.  Henrv  A.  Brown  served  as  Stated  Supplv  1900- 
1901. 

OTTERVILLE. 

The  Rev.  C.  V.  Monfort  organized  the  Otterville  church  with 
eight  members,  July  27, 1867.  J.  D.  Strain  was  elected  Ruling  Elder. 
Before  the  close  of  the  year  there  were  nineteen  additions.  But  early 
the  next  year  an  emigration  commenced  that  took  away  most  of  the 
memlx^rs.  Still  by  the  aid  of  a  grant  of  $500  from  the  Board  of  Church 
Extension,  the  little  band  managed  to  get  a  neat  building  enclosed  by 
the  following  October.  The  next  year  others  removed  and  one  died, 
leaving  only  five  members  on  the  first  of  October,  1868.  To  Elder 
Strain  is  due  the  credit  for  nearly  all  the  work  both  physical  and 
spiritual  that  was  done.  In  October,  1868,  the  Rev.  A.  J.  Johnson 
took  charge.  The  church  was  dodicatod  the  following  March.  After 
Mr.  Johnson  left  a  few  services  were  lield  by  Mr.  Alexander  Walker, 
then  a  Licentiate  of  the  English  Presbyterian  Church,  who  had  come 
to  this  country  for  his  health  and  settled  on  a  farm  near  Otterville. 
He  did  not  remain  long  as  the  Tipton  church  extended  to  him  a  call 
at  the  next  meeting  after  he  was  ordained  by  request  of  the  Otterville 

*I800  from  the  Board  of  Church  Erection. 
19 


298  SKETCHES  OF  CHURCHES. 

people.     There  seems  to  have  been  no  further  stated  preaching  in 
Otterville. 

September  10,  1874,  a  Committee  of  Investigation  reported  to 
Presbytery  "That,  as  our  organization  at  Otterville  has  for  the  most 
part  imited  with  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian  church,  we  do  recom- 
mend that  it  be  dissolved,  and  its  name  stricken  from  the  roll;  and 
that  the  Committee  be  continued  to  act  in  concert  with  the  remaining 
Elder  in  settling  up  any  remaining  debts,  and  in  selling  the  church 
edifice."  Mr.  Walker  was  made  a  Committee  to  sell  the  building. 
In  the  spring  of  1877  he  reported  the  receipt  of  $71  from  the  sale 
of  the  property  and  a  note  of  $179  for  the  balance.  The  final  report 
of  the  Committee  was  made  September  10,  1879:  "The  balance  due 
has  ]>een  collected  and  transmitted  to  Dr.  Wilson  of  the  Board  of 
Church  Erection,  less  the  necessary  expenses."  The  building  was 
bought  by  the  Baptists. 

PAPINSVILLE. 

This  church,  sometimes  called  Prairie  City  church,  was  orgali- 
ized  very  near  the  site  of  the  old  Harmony  Mission,  by  the  Rev.  S.  G. 
Clark,  about  1867,  with  seven  or  eight  members.  It  was  supposed  that 
a  railroad  was  about  to  pass  through  the  town.  Mr.  Clark  supplied 
the  church  a  short  time,  as  did  also  the  Rev.  W.  M.  Newton,  then 
located  at  Appleton  City.  The  final  record  in  the  Minutes  of 
Presbytery  concerning  this  church  is:  "The  Special  Committee  ap- 
pointed at  the  last  meetiuff  of  Presbytery  to  visit  the  church  of  Papins- 
ville  report,  'That  we  visited  this  church,  and  fovmd  that  the  0.  S., 
or  Declaration  and  Testimony  church,  have  taken  possession  of  the 
ground,  and  have  built  a  house  of  worship,  and  have  a  membership  of 
about  twenty.  Only  six  or  eight  of  our  church  members  are  on  the 
ground;  and  all  of  these,  excepting  one  man  whom  we  were  unable 
to  visit,  are  working  with  the  0.  S.  church,  and  are  regarded  as  mem- 
bers of  it.  The  Committee  recommend  that  the  church  be  stricken 
from  our  roll  of  churches,  and  that  the  Stated  Clerk  be  instructed 
to  grant  letters  of  dismission  to  any  of  said  members."  Report 
adopted. 

PLEASANT  HILL. 

It  is  a  matter  of  surprise  to  many  ]ieo]ile  that  there  are  two 
Presbyterian  churches  in  a  town  of  the  size  of  Pleasant  Hill,  and  that 
though  worshipping  together  for  many  years,  they  have  not  seen  fit 
to  re-unite  and  form  one  church  as  at  first.  The  Presbytery  of  Kan- 
sas Citv  even  once  passed  a  vote  to  dissolve  the  church  in  the  Northern 
connection  and  urge  its  moml)ers  to  unite  with  the  Southern  church ; 
but  at  tlie  next  meeting  of  the  Presliytery  representatives  from  both 
churehos  appeared  and  requested  the  reinstatement  of  the  church,  and 
that  they  be  permitted  to  continiie  the  old  order  of  things.  The  full 
explanation  of  this  vrould  take  more  space  than  we  can  devote  to  it, 


K.    ^-;.    r-;^■  M  I  Ni  ;  1<  >N. 


PLEASANT  HILL.  299 

but  can  be  pretty  accurately  seen  from  the  following  sketch,  compiled 
from  a  great  variety  of  sources. 

The  early  history  of  the  church  was  written  in  January,  1861,  by 
its  first  installed  Pastor,  the  Eev.  Geo.  Miller,  who  added  a  supple- 
ment to  it  nine  years  later.  From  this  manuscript  sketch  we  learn 
that  the  first  Presbyterian  family  that  settled  in  or  near  the  town 
of  Pleasant  Hill  was  that  of  Benjamin  Duncan,  a  Kentuckian,  who 
came  in  1843.  He  died  the  following  year.  His  family,  with  those 
of  the  Copelands  and.  Boswells  who  came  in  1844,  the  first  year  the 
public  lands  were  put  on  the  market,  were  among  the  original  mem- 
bers of  the  church.  Up  to  1851  these  families  were  seldom  visited 
by  Ministers  of  their  own  denomination.  At  the  spring  meeting  of 
the  Presbytery  of  Upper  Missouri,  1851,  Ministers  Symington  and 
Allen,  and  Elders  Moseby  Grant  and  James  Patton  were  appointed 
a  Committee  to  organize  a  church  at  Pleasant  Hill,  which  they  did  in 
July  following,  with  fifteen  members,  seven  of  them  men. 

This  original  organization  seems  to  have  been  ministered  to  at 
irregrular  intervals  by  P.  S.  Symington,  T.  A.  Bracken  and  others 
until  1853  when  Mr.  Symington  moved  to  Pleasant  Hill  and  divided 
his  services  between  the  church  there  and  that  of  Westport,  which  he 
had  organized  about  the  same  time  as  this  one.  The  first  revival  came 
in  December,  1856, .and  January  following,  when  Mr.  Symington  was 
assisted  in  the  services  by  IMessrs.  Coulter  and  Bracken.  About  that 
time  the  congregation  was  making  an  effort  to  build  its  first  house 
of  worship,  a  l)rick,  40  by  60  feet.  The  summer  following,  Mr. 
Symington  removed  to  "Westport.  Tn  January.  1858,  the  Pev.  Jas. 
T.  Lapsley  began  supplying  the  church  and  had  the  joy  to  receive  a 
gracious  outpouring  of  the  Spirit  in  October  following,  at  which 
time  he  was  assisted  bv  Messrs.  Bracken  and  S;\Tnington  in  a  series  of 
meetings,  resulting  in  thirty-nine  additions  to  the  membership  and 
a  great  strengthening  of  the  church.  Mr.  Lapsley  was  then  called 
to  the  pastorate,  but,  though  he  remained  till  "March,  1860,  he  was 
not  installed.  Tn  almost  the  last  month  of  his  ministration  another 
revival  occurred,  resulting  in  fifty-nine  additions  to  the  membership. 

Tn  June,  1860,  George  Miller,  then  a  Licentiate  of  the  Presbytery 
of  Transylvania,  began  his  labors  in  the  church  of  Pleasant  Hill, 
over  which  he  was  ordained  and  installed  November  4  of  that  year, 
bv  the  Presbyterv  of  Lafayette  to  which  the  church  now  belonged. 
The  church  building  was  then  sufficiently  finished  to  be  comfortable, 
though  burdened  with  a  debt  of  $400.  Mr.  Miller  continued  to  preach 
to  this  church  until  the  fall  of  186?,  when,  owing  to  the  terrilile 
persecution  to  which  he  was  subjected  on  account  of  his  adherence  to 
the  cause  of  the  Union,  he  went  to  Knnsas  City.  The  church  had 
no  regular  preaching  thereafter  till  the  fall  of  1865.  when  "Mr.  '^^iller 
returned,  and  served  it  until  the  spring  of  1868,  when  he  was  laid  aside 
on  account  of  ill  health.    The  experiences  of  the  Pastor  during  those 


300  SKETCHES  OF  CHURCHES. 

troubled  years  are  related  in  part  in  his  own  graphic  way  in  the  book 
he  published  shortly  before  his  death,  entitled  Missouri's  Memorable 
Decade. 

It  was  during  the  second  stay  of  Dr.  Miller  at  Pleasant  Hill  that 
the  division  of  the  Old  School  Church  in  this  State  took  place.  So  far 
as  this  Presbytery  was  concerned,  the  fight  took  place  mainly  around 
him  and  his  church.  It  is  a  long  story,  briefly  summed  up  by  him- 
self in  the  Annals  of  Kansas  City  Presbytery,  1888,  p.  47,  as  follows : 
"In  August,  1865,  I  received,  without  solicitation  or  previous  knowl- 
edge, a  commission  from  the  Board  of  Home  Missions  in  Philadelphia 
urging  me  to  return  to  this  Presbytery  and  'hold  the  field  for  our 
Church.'  I  was  still  a  member  of  the  Presbytery  and  legal  Pastor  of 
the  Pleasant  Hill  church.  I  came,  feeling  that  a  great  principle 
and  a  grand  position  must  be  maintained,  and  that  Providence  had 
laid  upon  me  their  maintenance.  The  asperities  of  that  struggle  I 
sincerely  regret;  but  for  the  results  I  to-day  humbly  thank  God,  as 
I  believe  they  Avill  ever  redound  to  His  glory.  The  effort  to  dislodge 
me  from  my  pulpit  was  strong  and  bitter,  and  every  inch  of  ground 
was  bitterly  resisted.  In  August,  1866,  the  Presbytery  met  in  Pleasant 
Hill.  It  refused  to  receive  George  Eraser  and  Charles  Sturdevant, 
because  they  avowed  their  readiness  to  enforce  the  last  Assembly's 
'ipso  facto  order'  against  the  signers  of  the  paper, known  as  the  TDec- 
laration  and  Testimony.'  The  order  dissolving  my  pastoral  relation 
was  then  passed.  I  held  my  ground  by  appeal  to  the  Synod.  When 
Synod  met  in  October,  it  divided ;  and  so  this  aspect  of  the  struggle 
ended." 

The  Pleasant  Hill  church  also  divided.  Only  fourteen  of  the 
former  members  sided  with  the  Pastor.  A  large  portion  of  the  con- 
gregation, including  many  influential  members,  withdrew,  and  were 
organized,  February  10,  1867,  by  the  Rev.  J.  B.  Harbison,  as  the 
"First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Pleasant  Hill."  They  began  with  fifty- 
three  members.  Mr.  Harbison  supplied  their  pulpit  until  N'ovember 
29,  1867,  when  the  Rev.  R.  S.  Symington  was  recalled  to  the  pastorate. 
Dr.  S.,  writing  of  this  years  afterward,  says:  "Pleasant  Hill  had 
now  grown  to  a  city  of  6,000  inhabitants,  and  it  was  thought  that  two 
Presbyterian  Churches  could  be  sustained  there.  My  old  friends  gave 
me  a  call  to  the  second  [sic]  Presbyterian  Church.  I  accepted  the 
call.  We  rented  a  hall,  and  worshipped  in  it  until  our  church  was 
built." 

The  two  churches  were  thus  formed  in  the  place  of  the  one. 
The  property  of  the  old  organization  was  by  mutual  agreement  sold 
at  auction,  and  the  proceeds  equally  divided.  The  new  organization 
succeedofl  in  getting  a  handsome  frame  cluirch  building  erected  and 
neatly  furnished  in  the  year  1860,  at  a  cost  of  $6,250,  all  paid  for. 
The  same  year  the  older  organization,  thenceforth  known  as  "The 
Pleasant  Hill  Presbyterian  Church,"  began  the  erection  of  a  brick 


PLEASANT  HILL.  301 

church  building,  toward  which  they  received  $800  from  the  Board  of 
the  Church  Erection  Fund. 

The  church  which  remained  in  our  connection  was  ministered  to 
in  1869  and  1870  by  the  venerable  Dr.  W.  L.  Breckenridge ;  from  1870 
to  1872  by  its  former  Pastor,  the  Rev.  J.  T.  Lapsley;  and  from  1873 
to  1876  by  the  Eev.  Wm.  Coleman.  When  the  latter  left,  he  lodged 
a  claim  with  the  Presbytery  for  back  salary,  part  of  which  was  voted 
to  him  by  the  Presbytery,  twenty-one  years  later,  out  of  the  proceeds 
of  the  sale  of  the  abandoned  church  building !  A  similar  claim  for 
$996.63,  adjudged  by  the  Presbytery  of  Lafayette  as  due  the  Eev. 
George  Miller,  was  not  then  considered;  and  the  Board  of  Church 
Erection  to  whom  the  church  had  forwarded  the  entire  proceeds  of 
their  sale  of  their  property  listened  to  the  request  of  the  Presbytery, 
and  returned  the  whole  amount  to  Mr.  Coleman.  For  the  next  two 
years  the  two  churches  worshipped  together  under  the  ministry  of 
the  Rev.  J.  L.  Caldwell,  who  had  been  called  by  the  new  organization, 
which  meanwhile  had  gone  into  the  Southern  connection.  He  was 
succeeded  by  the  Rev.  A.  W.  Colver  of  the  Northern  church  for  some- 
thing over  a  year.  The  next  Minister  was  the  Rev.  H.  D.  Clark,  a 
Methodist,  who  was  at  the  time,  as  some  of  his  predecessors  in  the 
Presbyterian  pulpit  had  been,  the  Principal  of  the  Public  Schools  of 
the  town.  In  1879,  the  churches  again  worshipped  apart,  the  Northern 
under  the  ministry  of  the  Rev.  A.  T.  Robertson,  and  the  Southern 
under  that  of  the  Rev.  J.  M.  Chaney.  Since  1883  the  churches 
l\ave  worshipped  together  (though  retaining  their  separate  organi- 
zations), under  various  Ministers  of  the  Southern  connection. 

In  1898,  the  propertv  of  the  Northern  church,  which  had  been 
unused  for  several  years  and  had  become  much  out  of  repair,  was 
sold  and  the  proceeds  disposed  of  as  mentioned  above.  The  Southern 
church  sold  their  old  property  about  the  same  time,  tore  down  their 
old  building  and  erected  a  convenient  modern  building  in  a  more 
desirable  location.  The  Southern  church,  it  is  scarcely  necessary  to 
add,  is  now  much  the  stronger  of  the  two. 

P.  S.  At  the  spring  meeting  of  Presbytery,  1901,  this  historic 
organization  having  dwindled  to  six  members,  without  officers  or 
property,  was  dissolved.  Its  members  were  dismissed  to  the  Soutliern 
church. 

PLEASANT  PRAIRIE. 

An  extended  notice  of  the  organization  of  this  church  appeared 
in  the  St.  Louis  Evangelist  of  January,  1880,  from  which  it  is  learned 
that  "according  to  previous  appointment,  and  by  order  of  the  Presby- 
tery of  Osage,'  Revs.  H.  M.  Shockley  and  S.  W.  Mitchell  and  Elder 
John  Neil,  Sen.,  met  with  the  people  at  West  Point  school  house,  in 
White  township,  Benton  County,  "Missouri,  on  Saturday,  November 
7,  1879,  for  the  purpose  of  organizing     a     Presbyterian     Churcli.'' 


302  SKETCHES  OF  CHUECFES 

Eleven  persons  entered  into  the  organization,  six  men  and  five  women, 
all  heads  of  families  except  one,  another  being  welcomed  at  the 
communion  service  on  the  following  Sabbath.  John  Neil,  Jr.,  and 
David  Ewart  were  the  Elders  installed.  The  new  organization  was 
grouped  with  those  of  Sunny  Side,  ten  miles  south,  and  Windsor, 
seven  miles  northwest,  under  the  care  of  the  Eev.  S.  W.  Mitchell. 
The  next  year  a  church  building  was  erected.  After  two  or  three 
years  this  ehurch  appears  vacant,  and  finally  disappeared  from  the 
roll  of  Presbytery,  April  9,  1884. 

POST  OAK. 

Organized  by  Christopher  Bradshaw,  in  Henry  County,  about 
1846,  with  nine  members.  Osage  Presbytery.  Soon  disappeared. 
Possibly  the  same  as  some  church  known  by  another  name. 

PROSPEEITY. 

On  the  Minutes  of  Presbytery  there  is  no  record  of  the  organi- 
zation or  enrollment  of  this  church.  The  first  mention  of  it  on  the 
records  is:  "The  Church  of  Prosperity  was  recommended  to  the 
Board  of  Church  Erection  for  aid  to  the  amount  of  $300."  (Sep- 
tember 15,  1875.)  The  organization  had  probably  been  arranged  for 
and  effected  by  the  Presbytery  of  Ozark  about  the  time  of  the  order 
of  Synod  transferring  the  churches  of  Vernon  County  from  Ozark 
to  Osage  Presbytery  in  the  fail  of  1874.  From  a  notice  in  the  8t. 
Louis  Evangelist  of  March,  1875  we  gain  about  all  that  can  now  be 
discovered  about  its  early  days:  "Prosperity  is  the  name  given  to 
a  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  southern  part  of  Vernon  County,  Mis- 
souri, which  was  organized  the  fifth  day  of  July  last  with  seventeen 
members.  The  name  is  significant  of  its  history.  Twenty-seven  per- 
sons have  been  added  since  November  last,  many  of  them  heads  of 
families,  and  a  large  proportion  of  them  young  men.  This  church 
is  under  the  pastoral  care  of  Eev.  A.  W.  Milster  of  Nevada  City.  He 
was  followed  for  a  few  months  by  the  Eev.  J.  G.  Venable.  Soon 
after  the  Eev.  J.  H.  Byers  took  charge  of  the  field,  it  appears  that 
as  the  result  o£  a  series  of  meetings  held  in  February,  1878,  twelve 
persons  were  admitted  to  membership  on  profession  of  faith.  Its  only 
other  regular  Supplies  seem  to  have  been  W.  M.  Eeed  and  B.  Hoffman, 
neither  of  whom  remained  many  months,  and  T.  S.  'Douglas,  who 
was  there  some  years.  The  name  of  the  church  was  stricken  from 
the  roll  of  Presbytery,  April  12,  1888. 

PEOVIDENCE. 

This  church  seems  to  have  had  an  encouraging  start,  but  that 
is  about  all.     Tn  the  St.  Louis  Evangelist  for  December  13,  1883  ap- 


PROVIDENCE.  303 

pears  this  notice:  "Sehell  City.  .  .  .  Our  quarterly  communion 
was  postponed  till  next  Sabbath  (December  9)^,  owing  to  special 
interest  at  a  Mission  point  nine  miles  south  of  Sehell  City,  where 
we  have  been  laboring  for  the  past  nine  months,  on  the  forenoons 
of  Sabbaths  belonging  to  Sehell  City.  Protracted  services  were  held 
for  one  week  and  a  half.  Deep  interest  was  manifested  from  the 
first.  Evidently  God's  answer  to  earnest  and  long  continued  prayer, 
sixteen  were  born  again  of  the  Spirit,  and  many  others  are  still 
seeking  salvation.  A  church  of  twenty-one  members  was  organized, 
at  this  point  on  Friday  evening  (November  30,  1883.") 

There  is  no  record  on  the  Minutes  of  Presbytery  concerning  the 
enrollment  of  this  orgaaization ;  but  for  some  years  thereafter  ap- 
pears the  name  of  the  Providence  church,  otherwise  unexplained,  as 
one  of  a  group  of  churches  adjacent  to  Sehell  City.  The  organization 
soon  dwindled  away.  Its  name  was  removed  from  the  roll  of  Presby- 
tery, April  14,  1887. 

RAYMORE. 

The  Session  l)ook  shows  that  the  Raymore  church  was  organized 
November  12,  1871,  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  W.  L.  Breckenridge,  with  eleven 
members,  four  male  and  seven  female,  who  were  joined  apparently 
the  same  day  by  four  others,  two  men  and  two  women.  The  name 
chosen  was  Ebenezer,  which  was  retained  until  changed  by  Pres- 
bytery,, September  14,  1881,  to  Raymore.  Services  were  held  in  the 
railroad  depot,  where  in  the  following  year  the  Rev.  George  Miller 
held  a  series  of  meetings  resulting  in  several  additions  and  the  start- 
ing of  the  church  on  its  career  of  prosperity.  "In  1875,  Mr.  Miller 
secured  from  the  Board  of  Church  Erection  the  transfer  of  their 
mortgage  from  Kingsville  church  to  Raymore,  and  permission  to 
remove  the  building  to  Raymore.  The  energetic  Raymore  people 
went  down  and  cut  the  Imilding  into  sections,  placed  it  on  cars,  and 
carried  it  to  Raymore  and  set  it  up."  This  was  the  first  church 
Imilding  in  the  town. 

For  several  years  the  church  was  irregularly  supplied,  usually 
by  persons  that  were  not  members  of  Presbytery.  In  1879,  the  Eben- 
ezer church  was  among  those  thai  petitioned  for  the  ordination  of 
Lie.  A.  T.  Robertson.  He  had  received  a  unanimous  call  from  the 
three  churches  of  Pleasant  Hill,  Greenwood  and  Raymore,  and  be- 
gun his  work  among  them  in  May.  These  three  churches  then  cut 
loose  from  Home  Mission  aid.  His  good  work  there  told,  as  will  be 
seen  from  this  summary  of  his  labors  at  the  close  of  three  years: 
"During  a  series  of  meetings  in  which  the  Pastor,  Rev.  A.  T.  Robert- 
son, was  profital)ly  assisted  bv  Rev.  T.  IT.  Allin,  the  members  were 
much  revived,  and  thirty-four  were  added  to  the  church,  twenty-five 
of  them  on  profession  of  faith.     This  churcli,  which  was  organized  a 


304  SKETCHES  OF  CHURCHES. 

few  years  ago  by  Dr.  Wm.  L.  Breckenridge,  of  blessed  memory,  has 
grown  steadily  from  the  first.  During  the  present  pastorate  of  three 
years  at  every  communion  season,  with  perhaps  one  exception,  there 
have  been  at  least  one  or  two  accessions  to  its  membership.  As  there 
were  but  fifty-seven  members  until  this  recent  revival,  and  as  the 
church  is  away  out  here  on  the  prairie,  it  might  naturally  be  supposed 
that  it  is  receiving  aid  from  the  Board  of  Home  Missions.  Buty  no,  it 
has  not  received  a  cent  during  the  last  three  years.  But  on  the  con- 
trary, during  these  three  years,  it  has  annually  given  something  to 
the  aid  of  each  Board  of  the  Church.  .  .  .  About  $5  per  mem- 
ber, in  all,  is  contributed  annually  to  these  objects  by  this  little 
church." 

For  a  few  years  the  church  grew  rapidly  under  the  ministrations 
of  Ministers  Josiah  Thompson  and  C.  P.  Blajniey.  Then  came  Evange- 
list L.  Railsback,  whose  meetings  resulted  in  large  accessions  to  the 
membership.  He  told  them  at  the  close  of  his  services  that  they 
much  needed  a  resident  Pastor,  and  recommended  that  they  send  for 
the  Rev.  Wm.  M.  Newton,  formerly  of  this  Presbytery,  then  laboring 
in  Nebraska.  Mr.  Newton  began  February  1,  1886,  was  soon  in- 
stalled, and  remained  Pastor  till  November  20,  1893.  His  work 
was  constantly  fruitful  and  highly  appreciated.  A  deep  impression 
was  made  on  the  young  people,  an  excellent  Sabbath  school  was  sus- 
tained, strong  Missionary  spirit  was  noticeable,  a  parsonage  was  built, 
and  all  departments  of  church  life  healthily  active.  The  church, 
however,  became  much  weakened  by  removals,  and  after  sharing  its 
Pastor  for  a  while  with  the  Creighton  church,  was  pastorless  for  sev- 
eral months. 

November  1,  1894,  the  veteran  Missionary,  Rev.  Seth  G-.  Clark, 
who  had  organized  so  many  churches  in  this  region  at  the  close  of  the 
war,  settled  among  them,  and  assisted  them  to  secure  their  beautiful 
house  of  worship.  He  remained  about  eighteen  months,  until  the 
infirmities  of  age  at  last  compelled  him  to  give  up  active  work. 
Under  him  and  his  successor,  the  Rev.  M.  E.  Krotzer,  the  church  again 
grew,  and  resumed  its  wonted  Christian  activities.  Mr.  K.  remained 
only  about  two  years,  since  which  time  the  church  has  been  accept- 
ably and  efficiently  supplied  with  preaching  by  one  of  its  own  Elders, 
Mr.  J.  E.  Stevenson,  long  the  Superintendent  of  its  Sabbath  school, 
the  leader  of  its  choir,  the  teacher  of  its  Bible  class,  and  the  assistant 
of  various  Evangelists  in  conducting  their  singing.  Mr.  Stevenson 
was  ordained  to  the  full  work  of  the  ministry,  June  1,  1900. 

RICH  HILL. 

Soon  after  the  town  of  Rich  Hill  was  begun  a  few  Presbyterians 
there  sought  the  ostablishomont  of  a  Presbyterian  church  among  them. 
In  the  fall  of  1880  Presbytery  appointed  Ministers  W.  M.  Newton 


RICH  HILL.  305 

and  R.  H.  Jackson  and  Elder  A.  D.  Taylor  of  Butler  a  Committee 
to  organize  a  church  at  Rich  Hill,  "whenever  in  their  judgment  the 
way  is  clear,"  The  next  spring  the  Committee  reported  "that  they 
visited  Rich  Hill  in  December,  took  the  first  steps  toward  organizing 
a  church,  and  committed  the  completion  of  the  work  to  Rev.  S.  G. 
Clark,  who  from  that  time  took  charge  of  the  work  at  that  place, 
and  has  since  completed  the  organization.  The  church  now  numbers 
ten  members,  one  Ruling  Elder  apd  a  Deacon.  The  name  of  the 
Elder  is  F.  H.  Pruden;  the  name  of  the  Deacon  is  John  Brand." 
The  organization  occurred  March  20,  1881.  The  incorporation  fol- 
lowed on  July  28.  A  Building  Committee  was  appointed  in  August. 
In  the  course  of  a  few  months  they  had  erected  a  brick  house  of 
worship,  with  a  tower,  a  1,000  pound  bell,  a  main  room  46  by  32  feet, 
and  a  prayer  meeting  room  31  by  16,  that  could  be  thrown  into  tlie 
main  room  when  necessary.  The  cost  was  about  $5,000,  of  which 
$600  came  from  the  Board  of  Church  Erection. 

Mr.  Clark  supplied  the  church  two  years.  Then  came  Lie.  \Vm. 
H.  Wieman,  direct  from  Lane  Seminary.  He  was  ordained  September 
13,  1883  and  installed  Pastor  in  May  following,  remaining  until  July, 
1886.  During  his  pastorate  the  church  grew,  in  spite  of  the  fact  that 
a  tornado  completely  wrecked  the  church  building.  It  was  rebuilt 
at  once,  the  entire  interior  being  thrown  into  one  room.  During  the 
short  pastorate  of  the  Rev.  J,  F.  Watkins  there  were  many  additions, 
followed  by  a  steady  growth  under  the  Rev.  A.  McDougall.  July  11, 
1889  began  one  of  the  longer  pastorates  in  the  Presbytery's  history, 
when  the  Rev.  J.  H.  Miller,  D.  D.,  was  installed  Pastor.  He  re- 
mained till  December,  1898.  His  ministrations  bore  steady  fruit, 
there  being  constant  accessions  and  several  seasons  of  revival,  no- 
tably during  the  last  year  of  his  stay.  The  best  Sabbath  school  in 
the  city  was  maintained  under  tlie  superintendence  of  Elder  F.  E. 
Kellogg.  The  children  of  the  Sabbath  school  prayed  and  gathered 
money  to  build  a  primary  room  of  their  own,  which  they  finally  ob- 
tained at  a  cost  of  $450  in  1892.  The  church  also  owns  a  parsonage 
on  the  adjoining  lot. 

The  present  pastorate  began  with  the  coming  of  William  B. 
Chanceilor  from  McCormick  Seminary  in  ]\Iay,  1899.  He  was  or 
dained  and  installed  Pastor  at  Rich  Hill,  June  8,  1899. 

ROCKVILLE. 

September  14,  1881,  Ministers  S.  G.  Clark  and  R.  H.  Jackson 
and  Elder  A.  D.  Taylor  were  appointed  a  Committee  to  organize  at 
Rockville,  "if  the  way  be  clear."  At  the  next  meeting  of  Presl)ytery 
they  presented  this  interesting  report:  "Your  Committee  to  visit 
Rockville  in  Bates  County,  IMissouri,  and  organize  a  church  if  the  way 
be  o])i'n  report  that  two  of  the  Committee,  Revs.  Clark  and  -Jackson, 


306  SKETCHES  OF  CHUECHES. 

met  on  January  29  and  discharged  this  duty.  They  organized  a 
church,  taking  the  name  of  'the  First  Church  of  Rockville.'  On  the 
day  appointed  seventeen  candidates  appeared  for  an  organization, 
eleven  with  letters  and  six  by  profession.  Messrs.  J.  D.  Strain  and 
Peter  Outcalt,  being  Elders,  were  elected  and  installed  over  this 
infant  church.  Your  Committee  continued  religious  services  through 
eighteen  days,  closing  with  a  membership  of  thirty-seven,  twelve  of 
these  by  letter,  and  twenty-five  on  profession  of  their  faith.  Thirteen 
of  the  latter  were  baptized."  Mr.  Clark  continued  to  minister 
to  this  flock  some  three  years,  followed  by  the  Eev.  T,  S.  Douglass, 
'85-'88;  and  by  the  Rev.  W.  E.  Voss  for  a  few  months,  about  1891. 
On  the  latter's  recommendation  the  name  of  the  Rockville  Church 
was  stricken  from  the  roll  of  Presbytery,  April  6,  1893. 

SALEM.     (HENRY  COUNTY.) 

This  church  was  reported  to  the  N.  S.  Synod  of  1843  as  organized 
during  the  year.  Its  first  Supply  was  A.  Jones.  Then  came  Christo- 
pher Bradshaw,  who  entertained  Synod  there  in  1845,  an  interesting 
account  of  which  appears  among  Dr.  Leighton's  reminiscences  io- 
the  Minutes  of  the  Semi-Centennial  Session  of  the  Synod,  1882.  Its 
next  Supply  was  William  H.  Smith,  under  whose  ministrations  a 
better  building  was  obtained,  with  the  assistance  of  the  Missouri 
C  hurch  Erection  Fund.  Like  most  of  the  churches  of  Osage  Presby- 
tery, this  one  withdrew  from  the  New  School  after  the  difficulties  of 
1857,  and  became  identified  with  the  Old  School  Presbytery  of  La- 
fayette.   It  became  disbanded  during  the  Civil  War. 

SALEM.     (PETTIS  COUNTY.) 

This  church  is  located  about  five  miles  northwest  of  Lamonte 
and  seven  and  one-half  northeast  of  Knob  Noster.  September  15, 
1880,  in  connection  with  a  request  for  the  dissolution  of  the  church 
at  Lamonte,  the  Rev.  T.  H.  AUin  requested  leave  to  organize  a  church 
at  this  point.  The  Rev.  J.  W.  Allen,  Synodical  Missionary,  together 
with  T.  H.  Allin,  D.  L.  Lander  and  Elders  S.  T.  Mahin  and  P. 
Stringfield  were  appointed  a  Committee  to  organize.  The  next  spring 
the  Committee  reported:  "Our  Chairman  failed  to  report  in  person 
at  the  appointed  time ;  the  remaining  members  of  the  Committee 
proceeded  with  the  work  as  best  they  could.  Preparatory  services 
were  held  during  the  second  week  in  October,  the  Gospel  being 
preached  each  evening.  On  Sabbath  morning,  October  10,  after  ser- 
vice, twenty-five  persons  were  organized  into  a  church  according 
to  the  Presbyterian  Confession  of  Faith  and  Form  of  Government. 
Fourteen  of  these  presented  letters  from  other  churches,  and  eleven 
were  added  on  examination.     Two  Elders,  P.  Stringfield  and  L.  A. 


SALEM.    (PETTIS  COUNTY.)  307 

Byers,  were  elected  and  installed.  Salem  was  the  name  chosen  for  the 
church.  Your  Committee  would  recommend  that  the  new  organiza- 
tion be  added  to  our  roll  of  churches."  The  next  entry  is:  "The 
Church  of  Salem  asked  Presbytery,  through  the  Committee  on  Church 
Erection,  to  endorse  their  application  to  the  Board  of  Church  Erec- 
tion for  aid  in  the  amount  of  $300  additional  to  what  they  may 
receive  from  the  sale  of  the  church  property  in  Lamonte.  The  re- 
quest was  granted  by  ballot."  A  good  church  building  was  thus 
early  secured,  and  the  services  of  the  Minister  at  Knob  Xoster,  with 
which  the  Salem  church  has  been  grouped  from  the  first.  Its  mem- 
bership has  always  been  small,  and  recently  growing  smaller,  on  ac- 
count of  removals.  There  has  been  no  regular  preaching  there  for 
several  months  past.  The  field  having  been  virtually  abandoned,  Pres- 
bytery in  the  spring  of  1901  requested  the  Board  of  the  Church 
Erection  Fund  to  give  the  seats  (which  are  of  oak,  well  made)  to  the 
Knob  Xoster  church,  and  instructed  its  Trustees  to  try  to  sell  the 
building  and  ground. 

SALT  SPRINGS. 

At  the  thirtieth  anniversary  of  the  organization  of  the  Salt 
Springs  church,  a  historical  sketch  was  read  by  Elder  J.  C.  Keithley, 
from  which  liberal  extracts  will  be  made  below.  He  was  the  only  one 
that  had  been  a  member  of  the  church  from  the  first.  He  said: 
"On  the  6th  day  of  June,  1869,  a  Presbyterian  church  was  organized 
by  the  Rev.  J.  W.  Clark,  of  Lexington,  Mo.,  assisted  by  his  Elder, 
Mr.  Robert  Taylor,  consisting  of  fifteen  persons.  .  .  .  The  Elders 
chosen  were  W.  H.  Wade,  C.  K.  Brandon  and  J.  C.  Keithley ;  Deacons, 
J.  W.  Brown  and  Milton  F.  Seal.  This  church  was  organized  at 
Malta  Bend,  and  Avas  at  first  called  Concord  church.  Its  place  of 
meeting  was  Salt  Springs  school  house,  until  the  12th  day  of  May, 
1872.  .  .  .  The  church  now  consisted  of  thirty-five  members, 
and  the  Rev.  J.  W.  Clark  was  our  Minister.  January  8,  1871,  J. 
W.  Brown  and  J.  C.  Brandon  were  elected  Elders;  and  John  W. 
Layne,  Jas.  A.  Orr  and  Albert  G.  Jones  were  elected  Deacons.  The 
church  now  began  to  think  of  building  a  house  of  worship.  A  meet- 
ing was  held  at  the  school  house.  ...  A  Building  Committee 
was  chosen.  .  .  .  August  21,  1871,  the  Committee  chose  a  site 
for  the  church  on  the  northeast  corner  of  J.  W.  Brown's  land  of  one- 
half  acre.  ...  A  church  l)ui]ding  of  Gothic  style  was  adopted, 
and  it  was  resolved  that  we  "arise  and  build.  .  .  .  The  Commit- 
tee called  for  volunteers  to  do  the  hauling  free  of  charge.  Thus 
fifty  loads  of  rock  were  hauled  two  and  one-half  miles  from  Vaughn's 
quarry;  19  loads  of  sand  from  Rock  Creek,  12  miles;  31  loads  of 
lumber  from  Malta  Bend,  10  miles:  20  loads  of  water;  8  loads  of 
building  material  from  "Marshall,  10  miles;  4  loads  from  ^riaiiii,  18 


308  SKETCHES  OE  CHUKCHES. 

miles;  6  loads  of  furniture  from  Malta  Bend  Landing;  133  loads 
in  all,  the  cost  of  which,  if  paid  for  in  money  would  have  been  $300. 
J.  W.  Layne  reported  that  he  saved  $60  in  the  purchase  of  the  lumber, 
and  $37.50  in  the  freight;  making  a  total  saving  of  $397.50  on  the 
building.  .  .  .  The  ladies  of  the  congregation  gave  a  festival,  at 
which  $135  were  realized.  .  .  .  The  amounts  contributed  by  dif- 
ferent churches  and  beliefs  were  as  follows :  Presbyterians  $2,095.50 
(including  $500  from  the  Board  of  Church  Erection)  ;  outsiders  and 
non-professors,  $199.60;  Missionary  Baptists,  $40;  Old  School  Bap- 
tists, $35;  one  Catholic  gave  $10— total  $2,380.10.  Savings  on 
hauling,  lumber  and  freight,  $397.50.  Total,  $2,777.60.  The  church 
was  completed  about  the  first  of  May,  1872,  and  dedicated  on  the  12th 
by  the  Kev.  Timothy  Hill,  D.  D.,  of  Kansas  City." 

Of  this  church.  Dr.  Hill  wrote  in  his  diary :  "May  11.  Preached 
the  first  sermon  in  the  new  church.  May  12.  Install  J.  W.  Clark. 
The  Committee  all  failed,  and  I  dedicated  the  church.  After  the 
sermon  the  Communion  was  observed.  At  4  the  installation  came  off. 
I  went  through  the  whole  alone." 

Mr.  K's.  narrative  continues:  "Eev.  J.  W.  Clark  served  the 
church  for  four  years;  was  an  excellent  man  and  a  good  preacher. 
He  was  succeeded  by  the  Eev.  Joshua  Barbee  [Southern  Presb.]  in 
1873,  who  continued  to  serve  very  acceptably,  off  and  on,  for  twenty- 
five  years.  Indeed,  the  church  looks  to  him  as  a  father  of  Isreal,  and 
one  they  delight  to  honor;  for  many  have  united  with  the  church 
under  his  preaching. 

"In  1875  the  church  was  wrecked  by  a  tornado,  so  badly  that 
the  congregation  ceased  to  use  it  until  it  was  repaired.  This  was 
done  by  Mr.  E.  K.  Page,  whose  bill  was  $700.  The  church  was  in 
great  straits  to  raise  the  money.  But  in  their  time  of  need  came  two 
Methodist  brethren  who  gave  $100  and  $10;  and  the  church,  after  a 
hard  struggle,  raised  the  balance 

"The  following  is  a  list  of  ministers  who  have  preached  here 
from  the  earliest  times:  The  Eevs.  Irwin,  J.  W.  Allen,  Byers, 
Walker,  Montgomery,  Luther,  Lafferty,  Sproule,  Koberts,  Welham, 
Skinner,  Marquis,  Stevenson,  May  and  Sydenstricker.  The  Eev.  D. 
L.  Lander  was  Pastor  of  this  church  from  1879-1884,  and  has  paid 
the  church  a  high  compliment  in  returning  to  it  after  an  absence  of 
fifteen  years.  The  church  is  now  reaping  the  benefit  of  the  ripe  ex- 
perience during  those  years.  Many  of  the  members  of  this  church 
can  look  back  to  some  protracted  meeting  of  his  when  they  were  born 
into  the  Kingdom  of  Christ. 

"Since  its  organization,  this  church  has  received  ninety-nine  per- 
sons into  its  communion,  twenty-six  by  letter,  the  balance  on  pro- 
fession of  their  faith  in  Christ.  The  number  of  adults  baptized  has 
been  forty-one;  infants  baptized,  forty-two;  ....  present 
number  of  communicants,  forty-two.    It  has  been  without  a  Pastor  or 


SALT  SPRINGS.  309 

Stated  Supply  a  great  deal  of  the  time,  owing  to  its  isolated  situa- 
tion. But  it  has  been  faithful  in  keeping  the  Sunday  school  going. 
Its  fruits  can  readily  be  seen  in  the  number  of  young  people  who 
have  joined  the  church.  Very  few  are  in  the  neighborhood  who 
have  been  regular  attendants  and  are  not  members,  verifying  the 
Scripture  which  says:  'Train  up  a  child  in  the  way  he  should  go, 
and  when  he  is  old  he  will  not  depart  from  it.' " 

Several  revival  seasons  have  been  granted  this  church,  resulting  in 
much  good  to  church  and  community.  On  one  occasion  it  was 
reported  (1877)  :  "Many  have  been  added  to  the  membership,  the 
only  saloon  in  this  community  closed,  and  the  proprietor  a  con- 
vert.'^  During  the  anniversary  exercises  it  was  stated  by  the  Rev. 
D.  L.  Lander  that  one  very  cold  night,  when  he  had  determined 
to  close  his  protracted  meeting  that  night  on  account  of  the 
unfavorable  weather,  he  asked  for  an  expression  of  desire  to  seek 
Christ.  There  were  in  the  audience  only  seven  unconverted  per- 
sons, all  of  whom  rose,  and  soon  after  united  with  the  church.  Of 
"hose  seven,  two  are  now  preaching  the  Gospel,  the  Rev.  Geo.  E 
Keithlcy,  son  of  the  writer  of  thg  historical  paper  quoted  above,  now 
of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  Coronado,  Cal.,  and  the  Rev.  E.  W. 
Thornton,  of  the  Christian  Church. 

Under  Mr.  Lander's  first  pastorate,  this  church  and  Malta 
Rend,  with  which  it  was  grouped,  were  self-supporting.  It  is 
situated  in  one  of  the  most  beautiful  parts  of  the  famous  agricul- 
tural county  of  Saline  and  ought  to  continue  its  good  work  for 
many  years  to  come.  The  county,  like  many  of  the  other  garden 
spots  of  this  region,  is  coveted  by  the  Roman  Catholic^:,  who  are 
buying  up  almost  every  farm  from  time  to  time  offered  for  sale. 
Rut  the  Presbyterian  saints  of  Salt  Springs  church  will  persevere. 
This  church  has  been  supplied,  half-time,  by  the  Rev.  C.  C.  Me- 
Kinney,  of  Malta  Bend,  since  the  spring  of  1900, 

SCHELL  CITY. 

At  the  spring  meeting  of  Presbytery,  187.').  Ministers  N'ewton 
and  T)odd,  and  Elder  Cleland  were  appointed  a  Committee  to 
organize  at  Schell  City,  in  answer  to  a  petition  from  there.  The 
Committee  visited  there  the  first  Sabbaths  in  the  following  June 
and  Julv,  on  the  latter  occasion  orsranizing  a  church  of  20  mem- 
bers, with  T.  C.  Sickels  and  ..Ainsworth  as  Elders.  It  first 
Minister.  Licentiate  W.  P.  Baker,  was  soon  followed  by  the  Rev, 
J.  G.  Venable,  who  left  on  account  of  ill  health.  In  1870,  under 
the  care  of  the  Rev.  Wm.  M.  Reed,  it  secured  and  remodeled  for 
its  use  a  larp-e.  well  built  house  of  worship,  toward  which  the  Board 
of  Church  Erection  contributed  $500.  It  had  formerlv  been  used 
as   a   school  building.     This     church   has  never   had    an   installed 


310      •    SKETCHES  OF  CHUECHES. 

Pastor,  though  it  presented  a  call  for  the  services  of  the  Eev.  J.  Hays 
Allin,  who  supplied  it  for  a  time.  It  has  usually  had  quarter  time 
in  connection  with  neighboring  churches,  or  under  the  Pastor-at- 
Large.  The  Kev.  Wm.  Sickels,  once  Pastor  of  the  Sharon  and  Drexel 
churches,  is  the  son  of  the  late  Elder  I.  C.  Sickels  of  this  church. 

SEDALIA   FIKST. 

The  city  of  Sedalia  is  mainly  of  post-bellum  growth  and  owes 
its  existence  to  the  railroads.  The  first  house  of  worship  there  was 
erected  by  the  Presbyterians.  During  the  Civil  War,  the  late  Eev. 
Joshua  Barbee  preached  occasionally  in  Sedalia,  and  succeeded  in 
gathering  a  small  congregation.  Under  his  leadership  an  old  frame 
church  building  then  standing  in  Syracuse,  Mo.,  was  bought  and 
removed  to  Sedalia,  where  it  was  re-erected  on  the  present  site  of 
Hotel  Huckins,  on  the  corner  of  Second  and  Lamine  streets.  During 
the  year  1865  religious  services  were  conducted  in  this  building  by 
the  Presbyterians  and  the  "Christians"  on  alternate  Sabbaths. 

Concerning  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Sedalia,  which 
used  this  building,  Mr.  P.  G.  Stafford,  now  an  Elder  in  the  Central 
Church,  writes:  "The  writer  well  remembers  the  pleasant  after- 
noon of  Aug.  11,  1865,  when  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Sedalia  was  constituted.  Thirteen  persons,  with  no  thought  of  an 
unlucky  number,  met  in  a  little  school  house  to  organize  the"  only 
church  in  the  town.  They  called  in  the  Eev.  John  Montgomery,  D. 
D.,  to  moderate  the  meeting.  All  the  persons  present  were  enrolled 
as  members.  The  name  was  selected  on  motion  of  John  F.  Phillips, 
now  Judge  of  the  United  States  Court,  Western  District  of  Mis- 
souri." 

Dr.  John  Montgomery  was  invited  to  supply  the  church,  which 
he  did,  with  small  intermission,  until  April,  1868,  when  the  Eev. 
Cyrus  H.  Dunlap  began  his  labors  as  Stated  Supply.  "Dr.  Mont- 
gomery's influence  remains  a  precious  legacy  to  all  who  are  inter- 
ested in  Presbyterianism  and  true  religion  in  western  Missouri. 
The  work  done  by  him  for  this  church  was  very  important,,  and 
deserves  the  separate  article  given  elsewhere." 

From  its  organization  until  the  year  1870  the  First  Church  had 
no  ecclesiastical  connection.  This  fact  is  to  be  attributed  partly 
to  the  condition  of  affairs  following  the  Civil  War,  but  recently 
ended,  and  partly  io  the  foreseen  Eeunion  of  the  Old  and  New 
School  branches  of  our  denomination.  Of  these  two  causes  the 
latter  was  prol)al)ly  the  stronsjor.  Some  of  ilie  nicnil)ors  tboncht 
that  doctrinal  truth  and  good  church  government  were  imperiled 
by  the  Eeunion.  This  feeling  was  so  strong  that  on  Feb.  4,  1870, 
when  it  was  proposed  to  send  a  representative  to  Osage  Presbytery, 
thirty-eight  members  asked  for  their  letters,  and  organized  a  new 


SEDALIA  FIRST.  811 

church.  This  second  organization  remained  independent  for  a  time, 
being  known  as  the  Old  School  Church,  and  later  as  the  Broadway 
Church  in  the  Southern  connection.  As  it  subsequently  trans- 
ferred its  connection  to  Kansas  City  Presbytery,  a  sketch  of  it  ap- 
pears later, 

Mr.  Dunlap  continued  with  the  First  church  until  Mar.  3,  1872, 
During  the  year  1870  the  frame  house  of  worship  now  occupied  by 
the  Central  church  on  the  corner  of  Fifth  and  Lamine  streets,  was 
erected  and  dedicated.  The  first  pastor  to  occupy  the  pulpit  of  the 
new  church  was  the  Eev.  John  IT.  Miller,  who  was  called  Sep.  30, 
1872,  and  remained  until  Apr.  12,  1876.  The  other  pastors  of  the 
First  cliurch  were  H.  M.  Shockley,  (1876-80),  Geo.  A.  Beattie, 
(1880-86),  and  John  Herron,  who  began  his  labors  in  Sedalia  in 
December,  1886.  He  remained  as  pastor  until  after  the  church  was 
merged  with  the  Broadway  Presbyterian  church  upon  the  entrance 
of  the  latter  into  the  N'orthern  connection.  For  two  years  thereafter 
Mr.  Herron  continued  as  pastor  of  the  united  church. 

SEDALIA  CENTRAL. 

The  Central  Presbyterian  church  of  Sedalia  was  organized 
Oct.  2,  1890,  with  a  meml)ership  of  144,  taken  from  the  Broadway 
Presbyterian  church,  which  but  a  few  months  before  had  been 
organized  out  of  the  old  First  and  Broadway  churches  (North  and 
South).  A  Committee  of  Presbytery,  Dr.  Geo.  P.  Hays,  chairman, 
appointed  the  preceding  July,  had  visited  the  city  and  reported  in 
favor  of  dividing  the  church.  This  report  was  adopted  by  Pres- 
bytery at  its  fall  meeting.  The  division  was  not  entirely  along  the 
former  lines. 

The  Central  church  has  had  three  Pastors.  Of  these  the  Rev. 
R.  R.  Marquis  remained  six  and  one-half  years,  and  the  Rev.  J. 
D.  Catlin  one  and  a  half  years.  These  brethren  will  always  be 
held  in  gratful  rcmemln-ancc  for  their  faithful  work.  The  present 
Pastor,  Rev.  Andrew  A.  Boyd,  began  his  labors  in  Sedalia  the  last 
Sabbath  in  July,  1900. 

As  told  under  the  sketch  of  the  First  church,  the  Central 
church  now  occupies  the  building  erected  by  the  First  Presbyterian 
church  of  Sedalia,  which  had  been  used  for  school  purposes  during 
the  time  when  the  First  and  Broadway  churches  were  united.  An 
amicable  division  of  the  property  of  the  united  church  gave  the 
Central  organization  tTie  property  at  Fifth  and  Lamine  streets, 
including  a  small  manse,  allowinij  the  Broadway  church  the  use  of 
the  building  erected  by  the  Southern  Presbyterians.  Both  churches 
have  been  somewhat  hampered  by  debt. 

Though  one  of  our  youngest  churches,  the  Central  cluircb  has 
always  been  well  organized  and  active  not  only  in  its  own  support 


312  SKETCHES  OP  CHURCHES. 

but  also  in  every  Missionary  enterprise,  standing  well  up  among  the 
churches  of  the  Presbytery  in  its  contributions  to  the  various  Boards. 

SEDALIA  BROADWAY.* 

On  the  4th  day  of  February,  1870,  the  Elders  of  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church  of  Sedalia  were  directed  by  a  congregational 
meeting  to  send  a  representative  to  Osage  Presbytery.  On  the  14tli 
of  February,  1870,  a  number  of  members  withdrew  from  the  First 
Church  and  organized  another  church,  called  the  Old  School  Pres- 
byterian Church.  They  elected  Thos.  J.  Montgomery,  "Wm.  Groes- 
beck  and  John  F.  Phillips  as  Elders.  The  new  congregation  wor- 
shipped for  a  while  in  a  theatre,  called  Smith's  Hall,  and  then 
bought  the  church  building  which  had  been  retained  and  used  by 
the  First  Church  until  the  erection  of  the  building  now  occupied 
by  the  Central  Church. 

Dr.  John  Montgomery  ministered  to  the  Old  School  church 
as  a  Supply  until  the  fall  of  1872,  when  the  Rev.  J.  E.  Wheeler 
was  installed  as  Pastor.  After  his  leaving,  the  church  was  sup- 
plied by  Ministers  J.  V.  Worsham,  W.  G.  F.  Wallace,  B.  T.  Lacey, 
D.  D.,  and  T.  D.  Stephenson.  In  1881  the  Rev.  A.  W.  Nesbit  was 
called,  and  (though  never  installed  as  Pastor)  continued  to  supply 
the  church  imtil  about  1887,  Under  his  ministrations,  the  old 
church  edifice  and  grounds,  located  at  the  corner  of  Second  and 
Lamine  streets,  were  sold,  and  a  tract  of  land  was  purchased  at  the 
corner  of  Broadway  and  Kentucky  streets,  u])on  which  was  erected 
the  brick  building  now  used  by  the  Broadway  church.  Upon  its 
removal  thither  the  Old  School  Presbyterian  church  changed  its 
name  to  the  Broadway  Presbyterian  church.  The  illness  of  his 
father,  who  had  removed  to  the  State  of  California,  took  Mr.  Nesbit 
away,  his  relation  with  the  church  ceasing  Nov.  27,  1886.  The 
pulpit  was  thereafter  supplied  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  James  Edmonson  for 
six  months,  and  by  others  for  short  periods  until  the  union  of  the 
First  and  Broadway  churches  in  1888. 

On  the  13th  of  February,  1888,  the  Sessions  of  the  two  churches, 
the  Broadway  church  and  the  First  church,  held  a  joint  meeting 
to  discuss  the  union  of  the  two  churches.  After  some  negotiations 
the  union  was  perfected.  The  members  of  the  Broadway  church 
received  letters  of  dismission  from  the  Lafayette  Presliytery,  and 
were  received  into  the  First  church.  By  this  action  the  Broadway 
church  was  dissolved  and  its  property  deeded  to  the  First  church. 
The  united  churches  now  formed  one  church.  Those  who  had 
formerly  served  as  Elders  in  the  Broadway  church  were  elected  to 
the  eldership  in  the  First  church.  Tbe  Rev.  John  Herron,  Pastor  of 
the  First  church,  was  retained  as  Pastor.     Finally  the  name  of  the 

*Thi8  sketch  is  substantially  i»  th«  words  of  Elder  John  Montgomery,  Jr. 


SEDALIA  BROADWAY  813 

First  Pret^byterian  church  of  Scdalia  was  changed  to  the  Broadway 
Presbyterian  church,  and  it  so  remains  to  this  day.  This  union 
was  approved  by  the  Presbytery  of  Kansas  City  at  a  meeting  at 
Holden,  April  12,  1898.  There  was  then  only  one  Presbyterian 
church  in  the  city,  worshippino-  in  the  building  on  Broadway. 

Sept.  24,  1890,  a  number  of  communicants  withdrew  from  the 
Broadway  church,  and  were  soon  after  organized  as  the  Central 
Presbyterian  church  of  Sedalia.  The  Broadway  church  deeded 
to  the  new  organization  the  church  building  on  Fifth  and  Lamino 
streets,  where  tlie  Central  church  has  since  worshipped.  About  the 
same  time  the  pastoral  relation  between  the  Broadway  church  and 
the  Rev.  John  Herron  was  dissolved.  A  call  was  extended  to  the 
Rev.  J.  Ross  Stevenson,  who  accepted  and  was  ordained  and 
installed  Pastor,  Dec.  31,  1890.  Mr.  Stevenson  resigned  liis  charge 
in  July,  1894,  to  accept  the  chair  of  Church  History  in  McCormick 
Theological  Seminary.  He  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  W.  F.  Price, 
who  remained  but  about  a  year,  and  by  the  Rev.  L.  P.  Cain,  who 
remained  until  July,  1899.  The  present  Pastor,  the  Rev.  E.  W. 
Clippinger,  was  installed  in  Sept.,  1899. 

The  church  is  now  well  organized  and  actively  at  work.  It  has 
?30  communicants,  150  scholars  in  the  Sabbath  school,  a  Women's 
Missionary  Societj^,  and  Senior  and  Junior  Societies  of  Christian 
Endeavor.  Through  its  whole  history  this  church  has  been  conser- 
vative, under  the  guidance  of  Presbyterians  of  the  Old  School.  It 
has  been  regular  in  its  contributions  to  all  the  Church  Boards,  and 
faithful  in  the  maintenance  of  its  services  at  all  seasons. 

SHARON. 

This  church  stands  on  a  sightly  spot  overlooking  the  broad 
prairies  of  Cass  and  Bates  Counties.  It  stands  on  the  north  side  of 
the  county  lipe,  about  3|  miles  east  of  the  Kansas  line.  It  was 
organized  Nov.  18,  1877,  by  Synodical  Missionary  J.  W.  Allen  and 
Elder  W.  B.  Wills,  of  the  Olive  Brancli  church.  There  were  ten 
original  members.  In  1879,  by  the  help  of  $400  from  the  Board  of 
Church  Erection,  it  began  the  erection  of  a  house  of  worship.  The 
cosi"  of  the  house  was  $1,600,  exclusive  of  the  groimds,  three  and  a 
half  acres,  part  of  which  is  used  as  a  cemeterv.  It  was  dedicated 
Aug.  14,  1881,  by  the  Rev.  Timothy  Hill,  D.  D.,  of  Kansas  City. 

Though  for  many  years  supplied  with  preaching  only  part  of 
the  time,  the  Sharon  cliurch  has  been  one  of  the  most  important 
country  churches  in  the  Presbytery.  The  first  work  done  there 
was  by  Licentiate  W.  P.  Baker,  who  was  with  them  for  about  six 
months  before  the  organization  and  a  year  afterwards.  Its  other 
Ministers  have  been:  Lafavetto  Dudley,  '78-80;  Josiah  Thompson, 
■81-2:  R.   P.   Bovd,   a   Princeton   student,     summer  of  '82;   J.   M. 

20 


814  SKETCHES  OF  CHURCHES. 

Hunter,  of  the  neighboring  church  of  Louisburg,  Kan.,  '83-5;  A. 
M.  Mann,  of  Louisburg,  '85-8;  C.  E.  Leonard,  a  McCormick 
student,  summer  of  '88;  L.  Eailsback,  "88-9;  Josiah  Thompson, 
"89,  6  months;  Thos.  H.  Jones,  4  months;  Weston  F.  Shields,  the 
first  Pastor,  June,  1890,  to  April,  1893;  Wm.  Sickels,  June,  '93  to 
Oct.  '96;  T.  J.  May;  '97;  0.  B.  Sproule,  '98. 

The  Sharon  people  have  enjoyed  several  revival  seasons,  notably 
under  the  preaching  of  Mr.  Eailsback,  on  more  than  one  occasion. 
It  had  maintained  a  good  Sabbath  school,  and  has  had  its  missionary 
zeal  kept  alive  especially  through  the  efEorts  of  ]\Ir.  Shields,  who 
married  Miss  Lillian  Hendrickson  of  this  church  and  went  to  the 
Laos   Mission,    in    1894. 

When  the  town  of  Drexel  sprang  up  three  miles  west  of  the 
Sharon  church,  a  new  church  was  organized  in  town  which  weak- 
ened the  parent  organization.  The  two  churches  have  since  been 
grouped,  and  recently  have  shared  their  Minister's  time  with  the 
Fairview  church,  thirteen  miles  southeast. 

SIX  MILE. 

This  church  was  located  about  twelve  miles  from  Independence, 
near  Sibley.  It  was  enrolled  by  the  Presl:)ytery  of  Lafayette  in  the 
spring  of  1847  as  organized  by  J.  M.  Inskeep.  It  obtained  a  com- 
fortaljle  brick  house  of  worship.  It  was  cared  for  by  the  Ministers 
of  the  Independence  church. 

SMITHTON. 

For  two  or  three  years  toward  the  close  of  the  Civil  War 
period,  the  Rev.  Joshua  Barbee,  then  a  Ircentiate,  preached  regnhirly 
at  Smithton.  lender  his  leadership  a  Union  house  of  worship  was 
erected,  but  so  far  as  learned  no  formal  Presbyterian  organization 
was  effected.  After  the  war  there  seems  to  have  been  no  further 
systematic  effort  there  until  the  Rev.  A.  J.  Johnson  began  preaching 
in  Smithton  in  Jan.,  1869.  On  March  27,  following,  he  and  the 
Rev.  J.  H.  Byers  organized  a  church  of  9  members,  with  Dr.  J.  M. 
Overstreet  and  J.  T.  Sulken  Elders.  A  fourth  interest  in  the 
Union  Church  building  worth  $1,000  was  obtained.  Mr.  Johnson 
supplied  the  feeble  band  for  about  two  years,  and  Licentiate  A. 
Walker  for  about  a  year.  Neither  the  town  nor  the  church  grew. 
The  name  of  the  church  was  finallv  stricken  off  the  rolls,  April  16, 
1875. 

SOTTTH  ORAXD   RIVER. 

Enrolled  by  the  Presbytery  of  Lafayette  in  the  fall  of  1857. 
Probably  its  only  Supply  was  the  Rev.  J.  T.  Leonard,  who  remained 
until  driven  out  bv  the  Civil  War. 


Sec  Creighton. 


SUGAR  CREEK.  315 


SUNNYSIDE. 


In  the  St.  Louia  Evangelist  of  April,  1877,  appears  this 
notice  of  this  church :  "Tlie  Sunnysicle  church  was  organized  the 
2Sth  flay  of  September,  1867,  by  the  Rev.  John  M.  Brown,  an 
Evangelist  in  the  Presbytery  of  Osage.  There  were  12  members, 
three  of  whom,  viz:  Clifton  R.  Jones,  Christian  L.  Perry,  from  the 
church  of  Warsaw,  Mo.,  and  John  Xeil  from  the  church  of  Glad 
Run,  Pa.,  having  been  ordained  to  the  office  of  Ruling  Elders  in 
their  former  connections,  were  unanimously  chosen  as  the  Session  of 
the  church.  *  *  The  Rev.  Enos  M.  Halbert  was  the  first  ^fin- 
ister  in  charge  as  Stated  Supply  from  1867  to  May,  1870.  Under 
his  ministration  the  church  prospered  and  increased  in  membership 
to  .'^3.  When  the  Presbytery  sent  him  to  Cave  Spring,  Green 
County,  the  flock  was  not  spared,  and  nearly  one-half  the  mem- 
l)ers  joined  the  Declaration  and  Testimony  or  Southern  hod}^  and 
organized  a  church  at  Spring  Grove,  Little  Tebo.  *  *  June  4. 
1871,  Rev.  Duncan  Brown  became  Pastor,  and  remained  in  charge  of 
Sunnyside  and  Warsaw  churches  to  the  fall  of  1872.  During  '73 
and  '74  the  church  was  supplied  part  of  the  time  by  Rev.  John  B. 
Ruby,  and  part  by  Rev.  J.  B.  Vawter;  and  in  May,  1875,  Rev.  A. 
H.  Parks  became  Stated  Supply  for  one  year.  Under  his  ministry 
the  church  revived,  since  which  time  they  received  4  additions. 
Rev.  John  B.  Rubv  has  preached  to  the  church  once  a  month  part  of 
the  time." 

Sept.,  1877.  the  Rev.  S.  W.  Mitchell  took  charge,  remaining 
over  four  years.  During  his  ministry  a  house  of  worship  was 
erected,  frame,  30'  by  45  feet.  A  notice  of  the  dedication  said  at 
the  time:  "The  new  church  is  located  in  the  midst  of  a  purely 
agricultural  section,  and  is  the  result  of  long  continued  and  patient 
labor  on  the  part  of  l)oth  Pastor  and  people.  It  is  a  model  of  taste 
and  beauty ;  and,  there  being  no  village  or  other  dwelling  near,  it 
stands  like  a  pearl  set  in  the  midst  of  emeralds.  It  has  a  seating 
capacity  for  about  350  persons.  The  entire  cost  was  not  far  from 
$1,200.  The  Board  of  Church  Erection  has  helped  it  to  the  extent 
of  about  $300.  The  Board  of  TTome  IMissions  has  also  contributed 
liberally  to  the  supjwrt  of  the  Pastor.  The  di^dication  took  place  on 
the  20th  of  June  (1879),  at  10:30  a.  m."  Revival  services  were 
then  held,  and  the  next  Sabbath  there  were  13  persons  added  to 
the  church  on  profession  of  their  faith  in  the  Lord  Jesus. 

After  Air.  Mitchell's  time,  there  were  several  years  during 
which  this  people  was  supplied  with  little  regular  preaching,  some- 
times by  students  during  their  summer  vacations.  Under  Pastors- 
at-Large  ^fay.  Railsback  and  Watkins  they  were  supplied  regularly 
once  a  month,  and  enjoj^ed  several  revival  seasons.     From  1898  to 


816  SKETCHES  OF  CHUECHES. 

1900  the  Eev,  M.  B.  W.  Granger  supplied  them,  in  connection  with 
Warsaw. 

TABO. 

The  Tabo  Church,  in  Lafayette  County,  was  organized  June 
19,  1843,  by  the  Eev.  Geo.  M.  Crawford.  He  remained  for  some 
years  its  Supply,  being  succeeded  by  the  Eevs.  Eobert  Glenn  and  F. 
R.  Gray.  It  belonged  to  the  Presbytery  of  Lexington.  Little  is 
now  discoverable  as  to  its  history.  A  private  letter  from  the  Eev 
F.  E.  Gallaher,  March  33,  1858,  sa3'-s:  "I  returned  last  week  from 
Tabo,  where  we  held  a  nine  days'  meeting.  It  was  a  precious 
season.  Father  Glenn  is  in  very  feeble  health."  At  one  time  the 
church  had  a  brick  church  building,  free  of  debt,  that  cost  $3,50l>. 
It  once  had  a  membership  of  forty,  which  decreased  until  during  th& 
war  there  were  only  ten  or  fifteen  left.  The  chiirch  building  wa^ 
sold  for  taxes  in  1867.  The  remnant  of  the  members  joined  the 
Declaration  and  Testimony  party. 

TIPTON. 

In  the  Presbytery  Eeporter  for  May,  1867,  the  Eev.  J.  Addison 
Whitaker  gives  this  account  of  the  beginninigs  at  Tipton:  "Several 
months  ago  I  was  notified  by  Eev.  A.  T.  Norton  that  he  had  been 
informed  that  Tipton,  a  little  town  on  the  east  side  of  our  beautiful 
prairie,  thirty  miles  west  of  Jefferson  City,  had  been  unoccupied  by 
any  Presbyterian  clergyman  since  the  death  of  Eev.  Mr.  Chapin 
(who  was  burned  to  death  in  his  little  home),  and  desired  me  if  posr 
sible  to  visit  the  place  and  make  a  report  to  him.     Accordingly,  a 

few    days    afterwards,    T    went    there.     *     *     Sometime    after 

I  received  a  petition  signed  by  about  50  of  the  citizens  of  the  place, 
praying  me  to  come  up  at  my  earliest  convenience  and  organize  a 
Presbyterian  church.  I  fixed  upon  a  Sabath  to  spend  with  them, 
and  according  to  appointment,  on  the  afternoon  of  the  9th  inst. 
(Saturday,  March  9.  1867),  preached  a  sermon  to  a  small  but 
interesting  congregation,  the  people  having  got  the  impression  that 
the  meeting  was  more  especially  for  the  members,  and  organized  a 
cburch  in  connection  with  the  Presbytery  of  St.  Louis.  *  *  Milo 
P).  Stearns  and  William  P.  Miller  were  unanimously  elected  Elders. 
The  ordination  of  Mr.  Miller  was  appointed  at  3  o'clock  the  follow- 
ing day,  Mr.  Stearns  having  produced  testimonials  that  he  had 
lieen  ordained.  "  Trustees  were  elected.  "At  half  past  seven  o'clock 
p.  m.,  there  was  a  meeting  called  to  consider  the  propriety  of  imme- 
diately taking  steps  to  erect  a  building  suitable  for  school  and 
church  purposes.  The  Board  of  Trustees  was  organized.  *  * 
Another  sermon  was  preached.  The  day  following  (Sabbath)  Mr. 
Miller  was  ordained  Euling  Elder,  in  accordance  with  the  usages  of 


.VI  .i;.\.v.N  1  >i;i<  w-vi  .ki«;k. 


TIPTON.  317 

the  Presbyterian  Church;  aud  the  Lord's  Supper  was  celebrated. 
The  congregation  was  large,  attentive  and  deeply  impressed  with  the 
solemn  services.  This  is  one  of  the  most  interesting  new  fields  of 
ministerial  labor  I  have  visited  in  this  state.  It  is  already  a 
stronger  and  more  promising  church  than  my  own  in  this  city 
(Jefferson)  except  in  its  general  influence  throughout  the  state." 
The  Baptists  kindly  gave  the  use  of  their  building  for  these  exercises 
There  were  12  original  members,  8  of  them  women. 

For  the  first  few  years  this  church  was  supplied  irregularly, 
and  only  a  part  of  the  time,  by  the  Revs.  A.  North,  a  returned 
Missionary  from  Singapore;  C.  V.  Monfort,  of  Otterville;  S. 
Diefendorf,  and  J.  W.  Allen,  Synodical  Missionary.  On  the  9th 
of  June,  1872,  a  frame  house  of  worship,  25  by  50,  was  dedicated. 
It  cost  $2,000,  of  which  $500  came  from  the  Board  of  Church 
Erection.  The  people  were  now  much  interested  to  get  a  settled 
Pastor.  They  called  the  Rev.  Alexander  Walker,  then  preaching 
near  by  at  Otterville.  He  accepted  and  was  installed  Oct.  21,  1872, 
remaining  until  Jan.  26,  1883.  Strange  to  say  this  pastorate  of 
only  ten  years  and  three  months  is  so  far  the  longest  in  the  history 
of  the  Presbytery,  though  if  Stated  Supplies  are  counted,  there 
have  been  a  few  who  have  exceeded  this  limit.  He  was  much  beloved 
by  his  people  and  successful  in  his  work.  During  his  pastorate 
many  members  were  received  who  have  ever  since  been  leading  mem- 
bers, including  several  that  had  belonged  to  a  Lutheran  organiza- 
tion which  was  virtually  absorbed  by  the   Presbyterians. 

The  results  of  Mr.  Walker's  work  were  summed  up  b}  ''Frank,'' 
thi'  correspondent  of  tbo  St.  Louis  Evangelist,  as  follows:  "If  any- 
one had  looked  over  the  list  of  churches  as  reported  in  the  Minutes 
of  the  General  Assembly  for  1872,  he  would  have  found  in  the 
Presbytery  of  Osage,  the  church  at  Tipton  marked  vacant.  No  one 
need  take  the  trouble  to  verify  this  statement.  This  is  all  that  is 
rcorded :  'Tipton,  V.  10,'  vacant  ten  members  and  no  report,  every 
space  blank.  Ten  years  rolls  around  and  brings  us  the  Minutes  of 
1882.  "\Miat  is  the  report  from  the  Tipton  Church?  106  members, 
115  Sunday  school  scholars,  fully  $1^200  raised  for  all  purposes 
and  not  one  space  unoccupied.  What  does  it  mean?  It  means  tl  an 
there  has  been  some  good,  honest,  faithful  work  done  on  that  field. 
Is  it  wrong  to  say  a  pleasant  and  complimentary  word  for  a  brother? 
If  it  is,  then  let  us  hope  that  this  will  not  fall  beneath  the  eye  of  the 
Rev.  Alexander  Walker.  Bro.  Walker  deserves  more  than  a  passini^ 
notice  for  his  faithful  services.  He  went  ten  years  ago  to  a  field 
that  many  a  jMinister  would  have  pronounced  a  hopeless  ca^e. 
There  he  remained,  preached  the  Gospel,  and  set  a  good  example  to 
his  fellow  citizens.  The  result  proves  the  wisdom  of  staying  in  .i 
place,  when  one  gets  there,  and  laboring  with  as  much  zeal  in  a  small 
town  as   if  it  were   a   large  citj.     During  the  ten  years  of  Bro. 


318  SKETCHES  OF  CHUECHES. 

Walker's  ministry,  133  members  were  added  to  the  Tipton  Church, 
66  on  profession  of  faith,  67  by  letter.  There  was  seldom  a  year 
when  contributions  were  not  made  to  all  the  Boards  of  the  Churoti. 
Fully  $10,000  was  raised  for  all  purposes;  and  the  feble,  dependaJt 
congregation  became  strong  and  self-sustaining.  That  is  the  kind 
of  work  that  counts  somethini";  in  our  churches." 

Soon  after  the  departure  of  Mr.  Walker,  who  accepted  a  call  to 
the  Butler  Church,  a  successor  was  found  in  the  person  of  the  Hn*. 
Wilson  Asdale.  He  too  remained  several  years,  and  did  a  good 
work.  His  stay  was  from  June  38,  1883,  to  Oct.  9,  1892.  He  was 
installed  Oct.  18,  1889.  After  he  left,  the  church  was  not  so 
fortunate  in  its  next  two  pulpit  supplies,  the  first  of  whom  stayed 
a  year,  the  latter  8  months,  one  a  Licentiate,  the  other  a  Minister 
who  proved  to  be  without  standing  in  his  own  Presbytery,  botli 
unworthy  of  the  ministerial  office.  Neither  of  them  was  invited 
there  by  the  Tipton  Church;  but  when  once  there  each  was  retained 
ii,rgely  through  sympathy  with  his  poverty  and  ill  health. 

After  1895  this  church  was  tided  along  by  members  of  the  Pres- 
bytery till  it  could  again  get  a  Pastor,  The  Eev.  John  B.  Hill 
spent  a  few  months  there  in  1896,  followed  by  the  Eev.  E.  H.  Jack- 
son, and  by  the  Eev.  J.  F.  Watkins.  Under  the  ministry  of  the 
latter,  a  new  and  handsome  house  of  worship  was  built,  and  several 
members  who  had  withdrawn  and  organized  a  Southern  Presbytetian 
church  were  received  into  the  old  church,  the  new  one  being  dis- 
organized. In  the  summer  of  1898  the  Eev.  E.  W.  McClusky  began 
as  Pastor  Elect.  The  following  spring  the  old  church  building  was 
remodeled  into  a  manse. 

In  almost  every  church  there  is  or  has  been  some  one  person 
who  more  than  any  other  has  shaped  its  history  both  temporal  and 
spiritual.  That  one  person  in  the  Tipton  Church  was  its  first  Elder, 
Milo  E.  Stearns,  whose  name  is  appropriately  carved  on  a  memorial 
pulpit  in  the  new  church.  No  notice  of  the  Tipton  Presbyterian 
church  could  be  complete  without  a  mention  of  his  services  therein. 
As  a  business  man,  teacher,  soldier,  farmer,  bank  cashier,  he  made 
his  influence  widely  felt,  and  himself  highly  respected.  But  it  was 
in  the  church  that  he  was  most  interested  and  most  influential. 
Through  most  of  its  history  he  was  the  Clerk  of  Session,  one  of  his 
very  latest  works  being  the  great  task  of  recopying  in  a  new  and 
well  ])ound  book  all  the  scattered  records  of  the  church,  and  the 
preparation  of  a  model  Church  Eegister,  thus  preserving  facts  that 
at  his  death  would  otherwise  have  passed  forever  out  of  memory 
unrecorded.  Other  Clerks  of  Session  throughout  the  Presbytery 
might  well  learn  a  lesson  from  him  in  this  regard,  as  well  as  in  neat- 
ness and  accuracy  in  keeping  their  books.  As  Elder,  T^^^stee,  Clerk 
of  Session,  Chairman  of  more  than  one  Building  Committee,  Super- 
intenfl(>nt  of  the  Sal)1)ath  school.  Biljle-class  Teacher  and  always  the 


TIPTON^.  H19 

mainstay  of  the  prayer  meeting,  his  place  can  never  again  be  filled 
by  one  person,  his  inflnence  will  long  be  strongly  felt  and  feelingly 
remembered. 

VISTA. 

At  the  meeting  of  Presbytery  held  during  the  meeting  of  Synod 
in  the  fall  of  1891  Ministers  McLaren  and  Pocock  and  Elder  J. 
P.  Watkins  were  appointed  a  Committee  to  organize  a  church  at 
Vista.  The  following  spring  the  Committee  reported :  "On  Sunday, 
March  the  3d,  1892,  in  the  Town  Hall  at  Vista,  Mo.,  at  the  close  of 
the  public  service,  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  Vista  was  regularly 
organized,  with  12  members.  Two  Elders  were  elected  and 
ordained.  Eev.  A.  McLaren  was  instructed  to  report  the  same  to 
the  Kansas  City  Presbytery."  The  church  was  cared  for  by  the 
Pastor  of  the  neighboring  church  of  Osceola,  with  which  it  has 
ever  since  been  grouped.  The  next  fall  it  was  reported  as  making 
energetic  efforts  to  secure  a  church  Iniilding,  and  about  to  apply 
to  the  Board  of  the  Church  Erection  Fund  for  aid.  Such  aid  was 
granted  and  a  neat  house  of  worship  soon  secured,  in  which  services 
have  usuallv  been  held  once  a  month  ever  since.  Its  growth  has 
been  small. 

WADESBURG. 

See  Creighton. 

WAREENSBURO. 

The  first  notice  we  have  found  of  Presbyterian  work  at  War- 
rensburg  appears  in  the  Home  Missionary  for  July.  1847.  from  the 
pen  of  the  Rev.  Christopher  Bradshaw.  He  wrote:  "In  Warrens- 
burg  the  prospect  for  good  is  flattering.  A  tavern  keeper  of  the 
place  has  this  winter  opened  his  house  for  preaching.  The  ringing 
of  his  bell  is  the  signal  for  worship,  at  candle  light  on  Saturday 
-evening,  and  on  the  Sabbath  at  11  o'clock.  He  has  lately  pur- 
chased the  old  court  house  and  the  lot  on  which  it  stands;  and  it 
is  now  l)eing  fitted  u])  for  a  permanent  place  for  Presbyterian  preach- 
ing. We  want  a  settled  Minister  at  Warrensburg — one  that  will 
become  'all  things  to  all  men'  with  the  design  of  saving  some  of 
them."  Mr.  Bradshaw  seems  to  have  supplied  these  people  with 
occasional  preaching  for  several  years;  but  the  New  School  Church 
with  which  he  was  connected  formed  no  organization  there. 

The  First  Presbvterian  Church  of  Warrensburg  was  organized, 
^fay  30,  1852,  by  the  Rev.  A.  V.  C.  Schenck  and  Elder  Green,  a 
Committee  sent  by  the  Presbytery  of  Upper  ^lissouri  for  the  pur- 
pose. There  were  six  men  and  9  women  in  the  original  organiza- 
tion. It  was  nearly  three  years  before  another  member  was  received. 
The  only  stated  preaching  there  before  ♦he  war  was  by  ^linisters 
James  T.  Tjapsley  nnd  R.  S.  Reese,  who  served  the  church  for  about 


320  SKETCHES  OF  CHUKCHES. 

two  years  each,  during  which  time  there  was  quite  a  large  growth 
in  membership.  During  the  war  there  were  occasional  services  by 
the  Eev.  Messrs.  David  Coulter,  Joshua  Barbee,  dohn  Montgomery 
and  Wm.  G.  Bell. 

In  this  connection  an  old  record  (quoted  in  the  History  of 
Johnson  Comity,  1881).  dated  March  27,  1864,  says:  "Wliereas 
the  Warrensburg  Presbyterian  Church  has  been  almost  entirely 
deprived  of  any  ministerial  services  since  the  war  began,  except  a 
few  sermons  preached  for  us  by  the  Eev.  Joshua  Barbee,  and  that  it 
is  very  important  to  the  spiritual  interest  of  this  church  that  we 
secure  the  ministerial  services  of  the  Eev.  Joshua  Barbee,  and  that 
he  asks  $350  per  annum  for  his  services,  which  sum  we  deem  very 
reasonable,  and  after  a  full  and  fair  effort  we  can  raise  only  the  sum 
of  $50,  and  we  are  advised  that  there  is  a  hopeful  prospect  of  a 
church  at  Smithton,  40  miles  distant  from  this  church,  which  will 
pay  $50,  and  the  people  at  Dresden,  25  miles  distant  from  this 
church,  will  pay  $50,  leaving  a  deficit  of  $200, 

"Eesolved,  Therefore,  that  the  application  be  made  to  the 
Board  of  Domestic  Missions  for  the  aforesaid  sum  of  $200,  to  aid 
the  said  churches  in  securing  the  services  of  the  aforesaid  Eev. 
Joshua  Barbee.     The  Session  was  then  closed  with  prayer. 

(Signed.)  "William   Calhoun,   SeCj  pro   tern., 

"Wm.  Zoll,  Mod.  pro  tern" 

No  meeting  of  Presbytery,  however,  was  held  in  those  troublous 
times  until  after  the  close  of  the  war,  and  Mr.  Barbee  was  not 
regularly  settled  at  Warrensburg.  During  his  stay  $500  was 
obtained  from  the  Board  of  Church  Extension,  and  used  for  the 
completion  of  the  church  building. 

Soon  after  the  close  of  the  war,  the  Eev.  Eben  Muse  began 
preaching  in  the  Warrensburg  Church.  He  and  a  majority  of  the 
church  members  sided  with  the  General  Assembly  against  the- 
Declaration  and  Testimony.  There  was,  however,  a  vigorous 
minority  who  protested  against  his  installation,  which  finally  took 
place  Nov.  12,  1867.  This  was  the  beginning  of  a  long  series  of 
internal  troubles  and  ecclesiastical  trials,  involving  members,  officers, 
the  Pastor  and  his  successor.  The  pastorate  of  Mr.  Muse,  while  it 
covered  the  troublous  times  of  the  reconstruction  period,  was  also  the 
time  of  rapid  upbuilding  of  the  church  numerically,  because  of 
the  extensive  immigration  from  the  East  and  North.  There  were 
received  during  this  pastorate  of  four  years  126  members  from 
other  churches,  while  38  came  by  profession  of  faith.  During  no 
similiar  period  have  there  been  such  numerous  accessions.  A  few 
years  later  the  organization  of  other  congregations,  the  internal 
troubles  of  this  church,  and  the  westward  movement  of  the  popula- 
tion .greatly  depleted  tlio  membership. 


WAKRENSBUKG.  321 

In  the  fall  of  1870,  Mr.  Muse  was  siiceeeded  by  the  Rev.  J.  H. 
Clark,  who  remained  as  Pastor  Elect,  until  the  spring  of  1872.  The 
next  Minister  was  the  Rev.  W.  H.  Hillis,  who  was  installed  Pastor 
and  remained  about  three  years.  April  16,  1875,  according  to  the 
Minutes  of  Presbytery,  "the  Rev.  W.  H.  Hillis  requested  leave  to 
resign  the  pastoral  charge  of  the  Warrensburg  Church,  and  gave  the 
reason  which  led  him  to  make  the  request,  viz:  Affection  of  the 
eyes  which  rendered  it  impossible  for  his  to  discharge  the  duties 
of  the  pastoral  office  without  endangering  his  sight.  The  church 
concurring  in  the  request,  for  the  same  reason,  the  Presbytery 
granted  the  request,"  and  dissolved  the  pastoral  relation.  During 
his  stay  with  them  the  old  brick  church,  in  which  the  congregation 
had  worshiped  since  its  erection  by  them  before  the  Civil  War,  was 
sold  for  $900,  and  the  present  commodious  brick  structure,  begun 
during  Mr.  Clark's  ministr}',  was  completed  at  a  cost  of  about 
$8,000.  At  that  time  it  was  the  largest  and  best  building  in  the  city. 
But  notwithstanding  the  generous  help  of  the  Board  of  the  Church 
Erection  Fund,  a  heavy  debt  was  incurred,  which  it  took  years  to 
pay  off.  Owing  to  the  embarrassments  of  the  congregation,  many 
of  the  members  became  discouraged  and  united  with  other  churches. 

The  next  Minister  was  the  Rev.  Farel  Hart,  who  was  ordained 
(sine  tiiulo)  in  Warrensburg,  and  remained  only  about  a  year.  Not 
long  afterward  he  was  drowned  in  the  Alpena  wreck  in  Lake  Michi- 
gan. He  was  succeeded  by  the  }lc\.  Charles  Fueller,  who,  after 
supplying  the  pulpit  for  a  few  montlis,  was  installed  as  Pastor,  June 
13,  1878,  and  remained  about  five  years.  Then  came  Geo.  M.  Cald- 
well, S.  S.,  for  one  year,  under,  under  whom  the  last  of  the  debt 
was  paid,  Oct.,  1883;  and  Dwight  K.  Steele,  P.  E.  for  seven  j^ears, 
under  whom  the  church  had  a  slow  but  steady  growth,  and  finally 
reached  self  support  in  1891. 

A  new  epoch  in  the  history  of  the  church  was  begun  with  the 
com,ing  of  the  Rev.  F.  W.  Hinitt.  He  came  direct  from  the 
Seminary,  was  ordained  and  installed  Pastor  April  22,  1892,  and 
remained  three  years.  Under  his  ministrations  the  church  soon 
reached  the  largest  membership  ever  up  to  that  time  enrolled,  and 
a  good  degree  of  prosperity  otherwise.  He  resigned  to  accept  the 
call  of  the  First  Church  of  Ottiimwa,  one  of  the  most  important  in 
the  Synod  of  Iowa.  His  going  was  much  regretted;  but  his  place 
was  soon  ably  filled  l)y  the  coming  of  the  Rev.  E.  W.  Clippinger, 
who  was  ordained  and  installed  Pastor,  IMay  7,  1895.  He 
remained  four  and  a  half  years,  until  called  to  the  position  he  now 
occupies  as  Pastor  of  the  Broadway  Church,  Sedalia.  In  October, 
1899,  the  Rev.  J.  Marion  Ross,  at  that  time  serving  as  the  Moderator 
of  the  Synod  of  Illinois,  was  called  to  the  pastorate,  accepted,  and 
was  soon  after  installed.     Since  his  coming  many  members  have 


322  SKETCHES  OF  CHURCHES. 

been  received,  making  the  total  membership  reported  in  1901  the 
hirgest  ever  reported  to  Presbytery. 

The  last  nine  years  have  been  marked  by  large  expenditures 
for  the  improvement  of  the  church  property,  the  purchase  of  a  fine 
pipe  organ,  careful  and  prompt  business  management  in  financial 
affairs,  and  largely  increased  liberality  in  benevolent  offerings. 

The  Warrensburg  Church  is  one  of  the  most  important  in  the 
Presbytery,  not  merely  on  account  of  the  membership  naturally 
ontering  it  but  also  on  account  of  the  location  of  the  State  Normal 
School,  many  of  whose  teachers  and  students  are  Presbyterians  by 
training  and  preference.  Through  them  the  church  exerts  a  wide 
influence  all  over  this  part  of  the  State.  Several  of  the  teachers  of 
the  Normal  School,  including  President  Geo.  H.  Howe,  have  been 
efficient  as  members  of  the  Session  and  in  the  Sabbath  school.  With 
a  united  people  and  an  efficient  Pastor,  the  Warrensburg  church 
ought  to  show  a  large  growth  and  a  constantly  widening  influence 
throughout  the  Presbytery  and  the  Synod. 

WAESAW. 

The  most  remarkable  thing  about  the  Warsaw  chnrch,  one  of 
the  oldest  in  the  Presbytery,  is  the  number  of  times  it  has  been 
reorganized.  Yet  through  all  the  vicissitudes  local,  national  and 
ecclesiastical,  through  which  it  has  passed,  it  claims  that  it  has 
never  been  disorganized,  and  retains  the  same  life  to-daiy  as  that 
with  which  it  began  57  years  ago ! 

It  was  organized  June  11,  1843,  by  the  Rev.  James  G-allaher, 
the  most  noted  Evangelist  in  the  State  in  his  day.  But  he  did  not 
long  supply  it  with  preaching  (never  statedly),  and  its  first  Stated 
Supply  found  it  practically  dead.  An  interesting  account  of  its 
early  days  during  the  ministry  of  Dr.  Handy  is  found  in  his  long 
letter  given  elsewliere,  where  he  tells  of  the  erection  of  its  first 
house  of  worship,  the  first  ever  erected  in  the  place.  When  the 
Rev.  J.  y.  Barks  came  Nov.  24,  1848,  he  found  a  good  church  and 
Sabbath  school,  well  organized,  well  housed,  and  actively  at  work. 
He  remained  with  them  15  years,  until  the  work  was  blasted  by  the 
Civil  War.  Under  his  ministrations  the  church  grew  and  prospered. 
Tn  1857  came  the  very  general  break-up  of  the  New  School  denomi- 
nation in  Missouri.  The  Warsaw  church  and  its  Pasior  iherc- 
after  felt  constrained  to  identify  themselves  Avith  the  Old  School 
l)ody,  which  they  finally  did  at  the  spring  meeting  of  the  Presl)ytery 
of  Lafayette  in  18fi0.  In  doing  so  they  fully  recognized  and 
acknowledged  their  del)t  to  the  New  School  body  for  help  in  erect- 
ing their  building.  A  letter  from  Mr.  Marks,  March  29,  1860,  to 
the  Secretarv  of  the  Mo.  H,  M.  S.,  savs: 


WARSAW.  823 

"The  amount  due  the  Church  Erection  Fund  which  you  men- 
tion is  all  right.  The  reason  why  it  was  not  paid  was  this:  1.  We 
made  an  effort  some  two  years  ago,  at  home  and  also  in  St.  Louis,  to 
raise  enough  money  to  pay  off  our  debt,  and  finish  the  house, 
repairs,  etc.  But  we  did  not  raise  enough  to  satisfy  all  demands. 
2.  Capt.  Henry,  one  of  our  merchants  who  so  liberally  assisted 
mc,  while  in  St.  Louis  thought  best  to  invest  $150  of  the  money 
raised  in  St.  Louis  for  a  bell,  an  article  we  greatly  needed.  The 
bell  came,  and  for  want  of  funds  to  put  it  up,  laid  13  months  in  his 
store.  We  then  collected  $150  to  erect  a  belfry,  and  it  is  now  swing- 
ing, to  tlie  delight  of  all;  but  it  took  just  $300  to  place  it  there. 
So  our  debt  still  remains."  On  that  account  he  asked  for  more  time 
in  which  to  pay  off  the  loan  inadd  by  the  ]\Iissouri  Church  Erection 
Fund.     Thus  the  war  began  and  closed  with  the  debt  unpaid. 

The  conditions  at  the  close  of  the  war  are  well  seen  by  the 
letter  of  the  Rev.  John  jM.  Brown  to  Synodical  Missionary  Norton, 
as  given  below.  Bro.  Brown  was  a  Union  soldier  and  used  the  terms 
then  commonly  used  in  referring  to  those  tliat  had  l)een  on  the  other 
side  in  that  contest.    He  wrote  as  follows : 

"Warsaw,  Mo.,  Dec.  11,  1865. 

"Dear  Bro.  Norton : — I  arrived  here  last  Friday,  with  my 
family  and  household  effects;  and  have  just  got  to  housekeeping 
again.  I  feel  that  Missouri  is  now  my  home,  and  a  strong  longing 
for  the  great  work  before  me. 

"I  find  here  our  church  building  considerably  out  of  repair, 
(it  was  used  as  a  hospital  during  the  war),  and  occupied  as  a 
school-house.  It  had  also  been  occupied  by  the  ^Ministers  of  the 
various  denominations,  who  have  chanced  to  spend  a  Sabbath  here 
The  house  is  a  substantial  edifice  of  brick,  capable  of  seating  nearly 
three  hundred,  and  possessing  a  bell.  $150  will  repair  it.  There 
is  one  other  church  building  here,  also  of  brick,  but  so  badly  torn 
u])  by  the  soldiers  that  it  is  not  used,  except  by  the  cattle  and  hogs. 
Tt  is  owned  by  the  Campbellites. 

"Of  the  50  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church  at  the  com- 
mencement of  the  war,  T  have  found  three,  all  females,  and  residing 
from  two  to  five  miles  in  the  country.  Have  also  heard  of  one  male 
member,  living  more  than  ten  miles  distant.  The  others  were  all 
Rebels,  had  to  leave  during  the  war,  and  cannot  come  back.  There 
are  three  females,  members  of  the  N.  S.  Presbyterian  Church, 
recently  settled  here ;  two  of  these  are  connected  with  my  own  family. 

"The  other  churches  have  been  completely  broken  up  bv  the 
war.  The  Campbellites  have  recently  reorganized  with  eight  mem- 
liers.  Four  years  ago  they  had  over  one  hundred.  It  is  worse  with 
the  other  churches.  There  are  neither  members  nor  vitality  enough 
to  reorganize. 


324  SKETCHES  OF  CHURCHES. 

"Before  the  Rebellion,  Warsaw  numbered  2,000  inhabitants, 
was  the  center  of  a  large  trade,  and  one  of  the  most  important  and 
promising  towns  in  southwest  Missouri.  Now  its  population  is  less 
than  1,000,  and  has  almost  entirely,  changed  its  character.  Its 
trade,  small  compared  with  what  it  was  before,  is  fast  increasing; 
and  the  place  promises  soon  to  regain  its  former  importance  and 
prosperit3^  It  is  a  hard,  but  encouraging  field.  I  have  therefore 
determined  to  preach  here  one-half  the  time  and  make  it  my  home 
for  the  winter." 

Bro.  Brown's  bright  hopes  were  not  realized.  He  reorganized 
the  church,  which,  Sept.  15,  1866,  petitioned  to  be  received  under 
the  care  of  the  Presbytery  of  Osage.  Why  it  did  not  come  in  at  the 
spring  meeting  is  not  known,  as  it  had  already  decided  to  do  so  as 
far  back  as  February  of  that  year,  when  Mr.  Brown  wrote:  "The 
church  of  Warsaw  (only  four  members  left,  one  Elder)  have 
resolved  to  return  to  our  connection.  We  have  raised  over  $100  to 
repair  the  church  building.  This  will  give  us  a  good,  neat  house, 
of  brick,  with  a  bell,  and  a  large  congregation.''  Mr.  Brown  soon 
turned  over  his  work  there  to  the  Rev.  W.  S.  Mesmer,  who  gave  it  part 
time  for  a  few  months  in  connection  with  other  fields. 

A  second  reorganization  was  made  by  the  Rev.  Augustus  Cone, 
seven  members,  Oct.  24,  1869;  but  after  a  few  weeks,  Mr.  Cone 
abandoned  the  field.  After  Mr.  Cone  left,  the  Rev.  D.  C.  Milner,  of 
Osceola,  preached  a  few  times  to  the  disorganized  members.  Mean- 
while the  Treasurer  of  the  Missouri  Church  Erection  Fund,  despair- 
ing of  reviving  the  church,  had  ordered  the  building  sold  to  satisfy 
the  mortgage  he  held  against  it.  It  then  passed  into  the  hands 
of  the  JefEerson  City  church,  in  a  way  easily  understood  from  the 
following  letter  from  Pastor  Whitaker:  "Kov.  29th,  1869.  *  * 
I  did  what  seemed  to  me  for  the  best.  The  facts  are  as  follows: 
Freeman  [the  Treasurer  of  the  Fund]  ordered  the  property  to  be 
sold  on  Committee's  claim.  I  felt  that  the  property  would  be 
sacrificed,  if  that  was  the  case,  and  ordered  it  bought  in  by  Lawyer 
for  Com.,  and  to  be  deeded  to  Com.  When  Com.  met,  we  found 
that  Freeman's  report  showed  that  the  Com.'s  claim  was  $280,  or 
thereabout.  I  proposed  that  if  they  would  make  over  to  our  Trustees 
[of  the  Jefferson  City  church]  the  property,  we  could  make  use  of 
it  in  paying  the  expenses  of  our  plastering,  and  that  we  would 
give  note^  with  interest,  for  the  Com.'s  claim."  The  church  was  then 
fast  going  almost  to  destruction,  without  a  finger  raised  to  save  it. 
The  Jefferson  City  church  offered  to  relinquish  its  claim,  provided 
any  earnest  effort  should  be  made  to  reorganize  and  the  building 
actually  put  in  use. 

Nothing  more  seems  to  have  been  done  nnt'l  Nov.  19.  1871. 
when  another  reorganization  was  made  by  Synodical  Missionary 
Timothy  Hill.    In  his  diary  he  then  wrote:    "Organized  church  of  9 


WARSAW.  825 

members.  J.  D.  Briggs,  Elder.  This  is  the  third  organization  that 
has  been  attempted  since  the  war.  The  others  failed.  The  prospect 
is  good  for  success  now."  The  Eev.  Duncan  Brown  had  been  labor- 
ing there  since  June  or  July  previous.  He  was  ordained  the  follow- 
ing April,  and  remained  on  the  field  about  two  years  altogether. 
He  was  the  only  resident  Minister  in  connection  with  our  church, 
after  the  leaving  of  Mr.  Barks  until  the  coming  of  Pastor  Granger, 
in  1898.  The  next  Minister  was  the  Rev.  J.  B.  Vawter,  who 
remained  but  a  few  months.  Then  followed  another  interregnum, 
during  which  the  church  building  was  sold  to  a  private  party,  who 
later  sold  it  to  the  Baptists.  They  used  it  for  some  years,  and  then 
tore  it  down. 

Presbytery  sent  frequent  Committees  to  visit  Warsaw,  who,  per- 
haps usually,  reported  that  they  had  not  gone.  At  last,  however, 
the  Rev.  J.  F.  Watkins  was  sent  and  went  and  held  a  series  of 
meetings  there,  lasting  from  the  20th  to  the  31st  of  December,  1880. 
The  result  was  the  reorganization  of  the  church  with  7  members. 
5  of  them  from  the  former  organization  and  2  on  profession,  6  of 
them  females,  all  heads  of  families.  Capt.  S.  W.  Smith,  Editor  of 
the  Warsaw  Times,  was  ordained  and  installed  as  Ruling  Elder. 
The  railroad  began  running  into  the  town  for  the  first  time  during 
these  meetings.  The  Rev.  S.  W.  Mitchell  became  Stated  Supply;  but 
soon  again  left  them  shepherdless.  Since  then  they  have  (until 
recently)  had  no  stated  preaching,  except  part  of  the  time  once  a 
month  by  the  various  Pastors-at-Large,  each  of  whom  has  held  at 
least  one  good  series  of  meetings  in  or  near  Warsaw.  The  last  of 
these  meetings,  again  held  by  Mr.  Watkins,  resulted  in  a  deter- 
mined and  successful  effort  to  build.  The  new  building  costing 
some  $2,000,  said  to  be  the  handsomest  in  Benton  County,  was 
dedicated  on  May  29,  1898.  Meanwhile  a  new  Pastor,  the  Rev.  M. 
B.  W.  Granger,  had  been  engaged,  and  had  been  installed  on  the 
7th  of  the  same  month.  He  is  the  only  installed  Pastor  the  church 
has  ever  had.  The  town  is  now  more  prosperous;  and  at  last  there 
seems  to  be  a  fair  prospect  of  sustaining  the  church  that  has  passed 
through  so  many  periods  of  suspended  animation  and  reorganization. 
The  present  supply,  George  L.  Engler,  began  his  labor?  in  Warsaw 
group  in  the  spring  of  1901. 

WESTFTELD. 
The  minibiM-  of  strictly  rural  churches  in  Kansas  City  Frss- 
bytery  is  not  large,  but  ought  to  be  larger.  Such  churches  are 
difficult  to  keep  up ;  but  so  are  town  and  city  churches  hard  to  keep 
up.  No  churches  are  more  important  to  maintain.  Such  organiza- 
tions as  that  of  Westfield  deserve  the  most  careful  attention  and 
fostering  interest  of  the  communities  in  which  they  are  placed  as 
well  as  the  Presbvterv. 


326  SKETCHES  OF  CHURCHES. 

The  Westfield  congregation  was  gathered  by  the  Rev.  W.  M. 
Xewton,  then  of  Appleton  City,  who  with  Rev.  J.  B.  Allen  and 
Elder  Jas.  McHenry  was  appointed  in  the  spring  of  1872  to 
organize  the  church.  This  they  did  on  the  8th  of  June.  There 
were  10  members,  8  by  letter,  2  by  profession,  5  of  them  women. 
Two  Elders  and  one  Deacon  were  elected  and  ordained.  The 
Sabbath  following  the  Lord's  Supper  was  celebrated,  and  three 
other  members  were  received  on  profession.  Mr.  Newton  supplied 
them  for  a  year,  J.  F.  Watkins  about  6  months,  Mr.  Newton  again 
for  about  a  year.  Licentiate  W.  P.  Baker  about  6  months,  and  W.  M. 
Reed  nearly  a  year. 

In  1877  the  Rev.  Richard  H.  Jackson  began  supplying  the 
Appleton  City  and  Westfield  Churches.  From  that  time  he  devoted 
first  part,  then  all  of  his  time  to  Westfield  until  1891: — the  longest 
Stated  Supply  in  the  history  of  the  Presbytery.  In  Jan.,  1879,  Mr. 
Jackson  wrote:  "The  Lord  of  the  Harvest  has  gloriously  visited  my 
field,  and  gathered  in  a  goodly  numl:)er  of  sheaves.  On  the  fifth 
Sabbath  of  Deceml:)er  we  received  11  members  into  the  Westfield 
Church  by  profession  and  4'  by  letter.  Rev.  J.  F.  Watkins  spent  a 
week  with  me  in  that  church.  His  preaching  was  'in  demonstra- 
tion of  the  Spirit  and  of  power.'  To  the  great  Head  of  the  Church 
we  ascribe  all  the  praise."  Two  years  later  came  the  dedication  of 
the  house  of  worship,  of  which  the  St.  Louis  EvangeliM  of  July, 
1881,  gave  the  following  account:  "The  people  of  Westfield  Pres- 
byterian Church,  St.  Clair  County,  Missouri,  celebrated  the  ninth 
anniversary  of  their  organization  on  Saturday,  June  12,  1881.  They 
had  Just  completed  their  first  house  of  worship,  and  on  that  day 
dedicated  it  to  the  Lord.  During  all  the  years  of  the  church's 
existence  they  had  worshipped  in  a  school  house,  with  all  the  discom- 
forts of  a  crowded  room  and  low,  cramped  seats.  The  change  from 
this  to  a  real  house  of  worship,  comfortably  seated  and  neatly 
furnished,  made  that  a  glad  day  with  the  people.  The  order  of 
service  was  first,  sermon  by  the  Rev.  W.  M.  Newton,  of  Butler; 
second,  historv  of  the  church  by  the  Pastor ;  third,  a  history  of  the 
work  and  a  financial  statement  by  Charles  W.  Nesbit,  a  member  of 
the  Building  Committee,  and  in  behalf  of  that  Committee  turning 
over  the  house  to  the  Trustees:  fourth,  the  prayer  of  dedication 
by  the  Rev.  W.  M.  Newton.  The  house  cost  about  $1,300,  is  46x28. 
The  following  are  the  closing  words  of  the  Historian:  Trom  the 
time  this  effort  to  build  was  entered  upon,  it  seemed  like  the  days 
of  Nehemiah,  the  people  had  a  mind  to  work,  they  gave  up  their 
time  and  labor  and  money.  The  Lord  presided  over  their  counsels, 
ffivinff  them  wisdom  and  harmnnv  and  zeal.  The  children  too  vied 
with  their  parents  and  older  friends  in  securing  a  temple  for  wor- 
ship, and,  as  in  the  living  church  they  should  occupy  the  inner 
court  of  its  affections  and  care,  so   in   this  material  temple,   the 


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pulpit,  the  most  sacred  piece  of  all  its  furniture,  is  the  children's 
offering.  The  Board  of  Church  Erection  kindly  came  to  the  people's 
help  ($500),  and  to-day  they  can  truly  dedicate  this  house  unto  the 
the  Lord,  saying,  Xo  man  has  any  claim  upon  it;  it  is  the  Lord's.' 
Mr.  John  C.  Xesbit,  of  Scotch  Irish  Presbyterian  ancestry,  in 
western  Pennsylvania,  a  member  himself,  and  father  and  grand- 
father of  members  in  tliis  church,  gave  five  acres  of  ground  on  which 
to  build.  This  will  soon  be  enclosed,  affording  ample  room  for 
church  yard,  hitching  grounds  and  cemetery.  Westfield  is  a  country 
church,  located  on  one  of  the  most  beautiful  and  fertile  prairies 
in  Missouri.  It  is  in  the  midst  of  a  community  of  cultured  and 
enterprising  people,  *  *  located  in  what  is  known  as  the  'Ohio 
neighborhood.'     The  address  is  Ohio  P.  0.,  St.  Clair  County,  Mo." 

Several  ]irocious  revivals  were  experienced  in  this  church  home 
during  the  ministry  of  Mr.  Jackson  and  his  successors.  In  some 
of  these  services  the  preaching  was  by  the  Eev.  L.  Eailsback.  In 
1886  a  membership  of  110  was  reported,  the  largest  number  reached 
in  its  history.  Following  Mr.  Jackson,  the  Eev.  Geo.  B.  Sproule 
supplied  the  church  for  one  year.  In  1893  the  Pcv.  TV.  TI.  N'ewton 
returned,  and  remained  as  its  Supply  until  late  in  IflOO. 

June  14,  1897,  the  church  1)uilding  was  demolished  l)y  a  cyclone. 
It  was  insured  l)oth  by  the  Trustees  and  the  Board  of  Church  Erec- 
tion, but  neither  policy  covered  losses  by  wind.  So  many  churches 
in  this  part  of  the  country  have  been  blown  down  that  others  may 
well  learn  a  lesson  about  the  wording  of  their  insurance  policies. 
These  people  were  disheartened  by  their  loss,  but  did  not  give  up. 
The  Board  of  Church  Erection,  the  friend  of  every  weak  church, 
came  again  to  their  aid,  promising  $300.  Let  it  be  recorded  to  the 
credit  of  this  congregation  that  it  rel)uilt  its  house  handsomely  and 
returned  to  the  Bonrd  $100  of  the  appropriation.  It  now  has  the 
newest  and  one  of  tlie  neatest  bouses  of  worship  in  the  Presbytery. 

WESTPOIXT. 

Westpoint  was  one  of  a  group  of  small  churches  in  the  southern 
part  of  Cass  County  organized  and  ministered  to  by  the  Rev.  D. 
McXaughton.  It  began  with  only  .5  members,  Dec.  12,  1869.  It 
soon  died  and  was  stricken  from  the  roll  April  23,  1872. 

WESTPORT. 

The  first  Presbyterian  organization  within  the  present  limits  of 
Kansas  City  was  that  of  Wcstport.  which  was  effected  Dec.  23, 
18o0.  with  eleven  members,  four  only  coming  by  letter.  Before  that 
there  had  been  preaching  there  liy  the  Pev.  C.  IT.  Heckmann,  who 
labored  among  the  Germans,  and  by  the  Rev.  F.  R.  Gray,  of  Inde- 


328  SKETCHES  OF  CHUKCHES. 

peudence,  among  the  Americans.  Both  these  men  were  connected 
with  the  N,  S.  Presbytery  of  Lexington.  The  organization  finally 
effected,  however,  was  by  the  Old  School  Presbytery  of  Lafayette,  as 
will  be  seen  by  the  following  quotation  from  a  private  letter  written 
soon  after  the  occurrence:  "A  New  School  church  might  have  been 
organized  here  by  Mr.  Gray,  if  he  could  have  overcome  his  timidity 
sufficiently  to  make  the  effort.  I  think  it  altogether  probable  that 
it  was  through  his  ministry  that  some  of  the  members  of  the  present 
church  were  led  to  a  profession  of  religion.  Mr.  Symington  has 
gathered  his  fruit  for  him  as  others  have  done  before." 

A  substantial  church  building  was  erected,  which  is  still  stand- 
ing. It  was  used  until  some  years  after  the  Civil  War,  which,  hov,- 
ever,  so  ruined  the  town  that  it  did  not  recover  from  its  injuries 
until  recently.  The  church  had  some  services  during  the  war  and 
for  a  few  years  after  the  war;  but  finally  became  virtually  al^sorbed 
in  the  Central  Church  of  Kansas  City.  It  retained  a  nominal 
existence  at  least  as  late  as  1887. 

WINDSOE. 

This  church,  sometimes  called  also  Belmont,  was  enrolled 
(organized  July  29,  1860,  with  14  members)  by  the  Presbytery  of 
Lafayette,  Sept.  22,  1860.  The  Committee  to  organize  was  Min- 
isters K.  S.  Eeese  and  J.  V.  Barks  and  Elder  A.  B.  Mclntyre. 
After  the  war  it  was  reorganized  in  1868  by  E.  Muse,  with  11  mem- 
bers. Later  it  adhered  to  that  branch  of  the  Presbytery  of  Lafayette 
affiliated  with  the  Declaration  and  Testimony  party.  In  the  fall 
of  1874  there  came  a  request  to  the  Presbytery  of  Osage  for  tlie 
organization  of  a  church  at  Windsor.  The  request  was  referred  to 
the  Synodical  Missionary  with  instruction  to  consult  with  the  Com- 
mittee of  the  Presb3rtery  of  Lafayette.  The  next  spring  he  reported 
recommending  the  reception  of  the  existing  church.  The  Presbytery 
of  Lafayette  had  already  stricken  the  name  of  the  church  from  its 
rolls.  As  far  as  can  now  be  discovered  from  our  records  this  church 
was  supplied  for  a  year  by  the  Eev.  A.  H.  Parks,  and  for  about 
three  years  by  thq  Eev.  S.  W.  Mitchell.  It  disappeared  from  our 
rolls  about  1881  without  auy  explanation  as  to  when  or  whv 


INDEX  OF  CHURCHES. 


In  this  list  those  names  that  appear  in  capitals  now  belong  to  the  Presby- 
tery of  Kansas  City;  those  in  italics  to  the  Presbytery  of  Lafayette  (Southern)  ; 
and  those  in  parenthesis  are  either  no  longer  in  existence,  or  appear  under  a  dif- 
ferent name. 


Alma. 

APPLETON   CJTV 

3.3.  :U.  !)1,  107.  17.-).  18<i,  229 

(Arrow  Rock ) 82,  231 

(Aullvile)     02,   231 

Aurora  Sjiring.o. 

(Austin) 8!>.  in.  2:n.  23t> 

(Belmont) 187.  232.  328 

(Belton)    f"4.  232 

Bethany. 

(Bethsaida) 200 

(Bethel) '.»0,   2.32 

(Big  Drywood) 241 

Blackburn. 

Boonville   

11,  82,  83,  122,  1.32,  14.).  151.  204, 
BROWNINGTOX  .  .  .  32.  rW.  01,   107. 

Broionsville 

BUTLER    

32,    34,    35,    88.    112,    141.    142, 

222,  235. 


233 
234 

226 

207. 


Calhoun    154.  187 

California 01 .   243 

Calvary. 

CENTERVIEW 02,   107.   18f,,  243 

CLINTON   

32,  33,  34,  3.5,  8(5,  87,  112,  128,  200,  243 

(Cole   Neck) 201,  244 

(Concord) 00,   244 

Carder. 

CREIGHTON 05.    131.   244,  .304 

21 


( Deep  water )    

35,  83,  178,  180,  200,  206,  246,  2.-)l 

DEEPWATER.. 94,  175,  235,  240 

(Double  Branches) 200,  247,  251 

Dover 31,  82,  85.  241 

DREXEL 95,  247,  314 

( Ebenezer ) 92,  247,  284 

EL   DORADO   SPRINGS.  ..  ..34,  94.  247 

FAIRVIEW    (Bates  Co.)    

95,  247.   24S.  314 

(Fairview,   Henry   Co.) 91.   235..  249 

(Fairview,  Johnson   Co.)     91,  249 

(Freeman) 92.  249 

,  ( Georgetown ) 83.  249 

GREENWOOD   

31,    33,    .34.    !»0.    107.    141,    18(i.  J'.d 

236,  250,  303. 

(Harmony) 11.  14,  82,   148,  2l(().  2.-)l 

(Harrisonville)     ..86,  88,   141,  23(i.  251 
nigginsville. 

(High  Grove) 85.  lOd.  253 

HIGH  POINT 89.    117.  227.  253 

HOLDEN   

14,  31,  32,  33,  34.  87.  lOli,  107.  2.5<i.  254 

(Hopewell)     

30,    84.    85.    106.    123.    14(i.  2.-)5 
Houstonia. 

(Hudson) 89.   141.  142.  229.  2.36.  255 

(Hume) 94.    143,  255 


o80 


INDEX. 


INDEPENDENCE    

30,  31,  35,  83.  100.  108.  112, 
123,  203,  255,  265,  :.14. 

Independence,  West  minster   .  .  .  .2.>7, 

JEFFERSON   CITY    

31,  32,  33,  34,  35,  S2.  S7.  !)4. 
146,  151,  152,  183,  1S4.  227.  2(i0. 

KANSAS  CITY,  FIRST 

31,  32,  33,  34,  35,  10(i.  lOS.  122. 

174,    190,    205.    2i;!,    218.    22(i. 

266,  267. 
KANSAS  CITY,  SECOND 

31,  32,  33,  34,  86.  118,  138.  1()7. 
181,  204,  222,  20^,  2(i().  270. 
275,  278,  282. 

KANSAS  CITY,  THIRD 

33,  34,  35,  00.  131.  2ns.  2(i.-). 
273. 

KANSAS  CITY,   FOURTH 

32,  33,  34,  35,  04,  0."),  132.  208. 
275,  281. 

KANSAS  CITY,  FIFTH 

33,  .35,  04.  130.  184.  2()(i. 

(Kansas   City,   Hill   Mt-iiioiial )  .  .  .  . 

33,    35.   05.  266,   277. 

(Kansas   City,   First    Welsh) 

33,    95,   266. 

KANSAS  CITY,  LINWOOD 

34,  35,  05,   185,  266, 

Kansas  City,  Central 268.  2()9. 

Kansas   City,  Belmont   Chapel    .... 

( Kingsville ) 

KNOB  NOSTER 

34,  85,   88,    131.    182.   284.   .306. 

Lamontc 01.    lO.l.    286, 

( Laynesville ) !)3. 

Lee's    Summit 

Lexington 

30,  31,  82.  80.   IOC).    108.    131, 

(Little   Osage) 

82,    124,    125,    12().    140,    200.    206, 
251,  287. 
(Little  Tebo) 83,  201. 


Longicood   106,  194 

1 16       LONo.  OAK 80,    141,  289 

LOWRY   CITY 05,  290 


250 


117 
324 


173 
2(i5 


175 
274 


266 


MALTA  BEND 32,  35.  !I3.  131.  200 

(Marmiton) 82,  126.  251,  289,  291 

Marshall 30,    31.  82,  22G 

Miami. 

.MONTROSE 

.32,  91.   107.   186,  207.  246,  292 

( Moreau) 85.    200,  215 

(Moriistown )     80.  240,  292 

(Mt.  Hope) 148 

Mt.  Olive. 

Nelson. 

NKVADA 

33.    35.    02.   03.    131.    102,    293 

( New  Frankfort )    32,  02,  292 

Xew  Hope. 


266        ( Oakland  I 8.") 

(Olive  Branch) 02.  245,  294 

Odessa . 

278       OSCEOLA    

32,  33,  3.5,  83.  88,  118,  128.  170,  200 
270  2.35,  204. 

(Otterville)    88,  297 

27!) 

( Papinsville )     97,    141,  298 

281        First  Cliureh  of  I'l  tti.s  County 

328  31.  85,   194 

l.il        I'isfjah 30,   31,   85,  226 

28.'!        I'leasant    Hill 

.30,    31,   84.    108.    126.    182.    180,  100 
307  217.  218,  221,  208. 

(  Pleasant  Prairie)    30,  03,  301,  303 

307         (  I'osf   Oak  ) 84,  124,  302 

286        I'rairie   .30.  84,  123.  146,  226 

236        /'/•,(/■;•/(   Li<-L-. 

I  Prosperity) 02,   302 

■■^86        I  Providenee  ) 94,  302 

213         Ifani/e  Line. 

liAVMORE    

280  33.    .35.   94,    107,    126,    143,    191,  303 


INDEX. 


mi 


KICK  HIIJ .-?:?.  :io.  !>3.  107,  143.  304 

(  l{nckville  ) 04.    143,   liOr^ 

(M.  Thomas) 30.  31,  S.i 

( Salem,  Henry  Cu. ) 

83,  87,   124,   125.   1H7.  200.  214.  30li 

(Salem,  Jackson   Co.  I     SO 

(Salem,  Johnson  Co.) 

( Salem,  Pettis  Co.)   :{4.  93.  28.1.  28(i.  300 

Saline 82 

(Salt  Pond)    84 

(Salt  Springs)  .31.  .32,  35,  J)3,  131,  .307 

SCHELL  CITY 32,  93,  .303.  .309 

(  Sedalia,  First ) 

32,   33,  87,    101.    112.    I.IO.    1!>4.   310 

SEDALIA,  BROADWAY 

.34,  35,   91.    l.)0.    19.,.   312 

SEDALIA,  CENTRAL 

34.  35,  95,  185,  311 

SHARON    33.  93.  247.  249,  313 

,Si>   Mile    84.    151.  217.   314 

(Smithton) 90,  314 

(South  Grand   Riv.r) .30.  85.  314 

(Strasburg) 221 

(Sugar  Creek) 87.  108.  2,44,  284,  290 

SUNNYSIDE 89,  187,  315 

Street  Spriiiffs 225 

(Tabo) S3.  310 

TIPTON   

32,  .33,  88.  107.  112.  117.  175.  297,   31(1 
Tuscumbia. 

(  Union ) 86 

1  crsailles. 

\ISTA 35.  !t5.  319 

(Wadesburg)    319 

Wall-ir. 
Wallace. 
W  ARRENSBUR(i    

31,  32,  33,  34.  35.  85.  108,    124.    172 

182,  202.  215.  319. 
WARSAW 

35,  83,  87,  90,  92,  93,  119.   127, 

128,  142,   157,   100.  187.  289.  .322. 


1  V<i  verly. 

WESTFIELD.92,  112,  175,  240,  290,  325 

Westminster. 

(Westpoint) 90,  267,  327 

(Westport) 84,  218,  220,  207,  327 

( Westport,  German) 165 

(Windsor) 80,  89,  328 

(Zion) 80 


INDEX  OF  MINISTERS. 

J.  R.  Agnew 

T.  Alexander   

J.  B.  Allen 54,  87,  91,  242,  243, 

J.  W.  Allen 53,  85,  88,  90,  91, 

116,  250,  269,  283,  290,  293.  .  .  . 
1{.  H.  Allen 47,  80,  82, 

83,  116,  217,  257 

J.  H.  Allin 32,  61,  81, 

91,  93,  94,  247 

T.  H.  Allin 60,  93,  .303,  300, 

W.  Asdale.  .33,  61,  88,  89,  117,  253. 
G.  F.  Ayers   


55 
233 
326 


300 

201 

285 

310 

318 

08 

2.55 

84 

lis 


R.  C.  Bailey 34,  08,  87. 

J.  H.  Baird ,50. 

W.  M.  Baird 64,  88,  91.  112. 

W.  P.  Baker 81,  88,  89,  91. 

92,  93,  249,  309,  313 320 

J.   Barbee 51,  80,  85. 

90,  290,  308,  310,  314 320 

J.  V.  Barks 47,  S3, 

118,  159,  200,  201,  215,  295.  :\12.  328 

J.  H.  Barton 89 

S.  C.  Bates 03,  81,  88.  93,  285 

G.  P.  Beard 71 

G.  A.  Beattie 32,  00.  87.  311 

L.  M.  Belden 34,  OS,  90,  274 

S.  B.  Bell 32,  58,  85,  121.  270 

W.  G.  Bell 40,  82,  85,  122.  234,  .320 

P.  D.  Bergreu 94.  112,  278 

C.  P.  Bla3^ley 58,  81.  89.  92.  94.  .304 

A.  A.  Boyd    

88,  93,  95,  285 311 

T.  F.  Bovd    04,  88.  93.  285 


882 


INDKX. 


R.  P.  Boyd 

J.  T.  Boyer 35,  69,  87,  88, 

95,  255 ". 

T.  A.  Blacken 30,  31,  47, 

80,  83,  84,  85,  123,  219,  258 

C.  Bradshaw 40,  82,  83, 

123,  201,  289,  302,  306 

W.  L.  Breckenridge 53,  84,  85, 

90,  92,  126,  232,  26T),  287,  301, 

J.  Brereton 

J.  G.  Brice 

P.  P.  Briol 

D.  BiOAVTi 56,  81,  89,  92.  315, 

H.  A.  Brown 72,  88,  92. 

H.  L.  Brown 7 

J.  J.  Blown 53,  87,  89,  232, 

J.  M.  Brown 51,  87,  88,  89, 

110,  127,  154,  235,  243,  296,  315, 

E.  S.  Brownlee 34,  67,  91,  93, 

V.  H.  Bruce. 33,  63,  94,  130,  248.  278, 
J.  F.  Bruner  32,  57,  81,  90,  93,  131, 

(i.  W.  Buchanan 

J.  H.  Byers    31,  52,  87, 

88,  89,  90,' 91,  92,  93,  xM,  231, 
245,  275,  284,  28(i.  287,  293.  302, 

L.  P.  Cain 35.  70,  91, 

G.  M.  Caldwell 81, 

J.  L.  Caldwell 

H.  H.  Cambern 

E.  V.  Campbell 88, 

H.  M.  Campbell 34,  Wk  95,  132, 

I.  VV.  Canfield 50, 

A.  D.  Carlile 

N.  Carper ' 

A.  Carroll 

K.  M.  Carson 

W.  Carter .35,  71,  85, 

J.  S.  Caruthers 68,  95, 

J.  D.  Catlin 35,  71, 

II.  Chamberlain 45,  82,  132, 

W.  Chambers 

U  .  B.  Chancellor 35,  71,  81, 

90,  91,  93,  251 

J.  M.  Clianey 31.  49,  80,  85, 

B.  H.  Charles 87,  203, 


313 

\V 

T. 

297 

J. 

J. 

299 


319 


303 

89 

J. 

61 

E. 

69 

325 

\V, 

95 

W 

72 

243 

A. 

323 

A. 

230 

282 

J. 

290 

T. 

80 

D. 

W, 

314 

G. 

313 

D. 

321 
301 

H. 

C. 

240 

F. 

277 

W. 

84 

W. 

81 

S. 

103 

J. 

52 

Pv. 

87 

\\'. 

270 

X. 

280 

311 

T. 

233 

L. 

89 

L. 

C. 

305 

E. 

301 

J. 

290 

L. 

.  M.  Cheever   31,  55,  86,  134,  272 

A.  Clagett 72,  93,  94 

H.  Clark 31,  54,  85,  321 

W.  Clark 30,  31, 

49,  80,  89,  90,  287 307 

G.  Clark 51,  87,  88,  89,  91, 

93,  94,  110,  112,  140,  229,  230, 
231,  235,  243,  249,  250.  2.52,  254, 

255,  289,  291,   298,  304    305 

Clemens 63,    93,  94 

W.  Clippinger, 34,  35, 

68,  85,  91,  313 321 

.   P.   Cochran 45,  82,   144.  IXi 

.  C.  Coleman 31,  35,  55,  84, 

89,  90,  91,  92,  93,  94,  95,  247, 

249,  251,  278,  289 301 

W.  Colver 57,  84,  85,  270,  301 

Cone 90,   142,  324 

—  Conant 243 

J.  Cooke 50,  82,  262 

M.   Cornelison 35,   69,  81,  93 

Coulter 30,  46,  82,  84, 

85,  106,  146,  243,  2.52,  261,  299,  320 

.  A.  Cravens 60,  88,  93,  286 

M.  Crawford 4().  82,  83,  287,  316 

R.  Crockett 33,  64,  88, 

89,  90,  92,  93,  95,  251,  285.  ....  289 

E.   Curry 81 

H.  Davis 81 

Davis 47 

.  Dickson 45,  82.  85,  147,  231.  287 

.   T.  Dickson 82 

Diefendorf 88,  317 

M.  Dinsmore 70 

Dodd 32,  57,  87,  91,  243 

.  R.  Dodd 81,  309 

B.  Dodge 45,  82,  84,  lOO,  102, 

148,  201,  256,  265,  288,  289 291 

8.  Douglas 61,  92,  94,  302,  306 

I.  Drake 33,  02,  87,  255 

Dudley.  .59,  90,  92.  93,  Uo2,  249,  313 
H.  Dunlap.  .53,  87,  1.50,  195,  296,  310 

P.  Dunlap 34,  65,  81,  95,  282 

S.  Dunning 72,  112 

Durland 80 


INDEX 


M:^3 


J.   Edmonson 33,  62,  93,  312 

W.   R.   Edwards 70 

D.   Emerson 123,  201 

G.  L.  Engler 73,  89,  325 

F.  B.   Everitt 05,  95,  277 

J.  G.  Fackler.  .  .  .32,  48.  82.  87,  146,  261 

K.  R.  Farrand  33,  61,     87 

M.  M.  Fisher 83,  258 

J.  W.  Fobes 94,  3/8 

D.  L.  Fordney 89 

J.  H.  France 81 

(;.   Eraser    31.  52,  85,   108,  269,  300 

i:.  Fueller 32.  58,  85.  321 

W.  R.  Fulton.  .48.  83,  151,  242,  257,  293 

J.  Gallaher S3,  157,  289,  322 

0.  W.  Gauss 33.  (>2,  94,  151,  263 

J.  N.  Gilbreatli 82,  234 

R.  Glenn 48,     83 

G.  W.  Goodalo.  .51,  88,  91.  274,  284,  286 

H.  P.  Goodrifli 46.  82,   152,  261 

M.  B.  W.  Granjrer 35,  71, 

89,  93,  310, 325 

F.  R.  Gray.  .  .  .47.  83.  217.  256,  310,  327 
S.   W.  Griffin ., .  .      64 

E.  M.  Halbcrt 52,  80, 

87,   89,    154 315 

N.  H.  Hall  82 

J.  Hancock    50,  85,  220,  267 

1.  W.  K.  llaudy 47,  83, 

155,   201,   211 322 

J.  B.  Harbison 80,  300 

(i.  W.  Harlan 49,  83, 

118,  120,  159,  201,  215 295 

F.  Hart 58,  81,  85,  321 

J.   J.   Hawk 92,  232 

('.  W.  Hays 81 

G.  P.  Hays 33,  64, 

86,  161,  272.  270,  281.  282 311 

W.  Hays 68,     81 

(!.  H.  Heckmanii .  .47,  165,  327 

P.   Heiligniann 67,   90,  275 

C.  C.  Hembrec 02,  90,  250 

W.  R.  Henderson 60,  87,  255 


J.  F.  Hendy 35,  69,  94,  264 

C.  D.   Herbert 47,     83 

A.  Herrick  89 

J.  Herron..33,  03.  87.  91,  106.  311,  312 

J.  H.  Hess 81 

G.   Hickman 46,     82 

H.   Hill 31,  32,   33,  87,  88,  252,  254 

J.  B.  Hill 9,  18,  34, 

66,  81,  88,  89,  216,  222,  238,  248, 

253,  270,  277,  290 318 

T.  Hill 11,   16,  51,  86.  100,  110, 

118,  129,  135,  142,  155,  161,  166, 
197,  204,  209,  212,  215,  235, 
237,  238,  205.  270,  272.  274,  280, 

308,  313 324 

\V.  H.  Hillis   .  .  .32,  56,  85,-92,  242,  321 
F.  W.  Hinitt.  .  .  .34,  66,  81,  85,  172,  321 

B.  M.  Hobson 30,  31,  48,  82,  287 

B.  Hoffman    92,  302 

E.  Hollister 45,  82,   173,  233 

C.  A.  Holm 81 

S.  H.  Howe 83,  258 

H.  C.  Hovey 32,  56,  85, 

173,   267,   269 270 

B.   F.   Hoxsey 82 

J.  H.  Huffman 80 

J.  M.  Hunter 93,  314 

\. .  H.  Hyatt 34,  66,  90.  275 

H.   A.   Hymcs 34.     69 

J.  M.  Inskeep 314 

R.  Irwin.. 31,  32,  54,  85,   174,  269,  270 
S.  M.  Irwin   52,     82 

R.  H.  Jackson 58,  88,  91,  92,  94,. 

95,  174,  230,  231,  246,  305,  318,  326 

E.  Jameson 81 

H.  D.  Jenkins.  .34,  09,  86,  161,  175,  273' 

P.  B.  Jenkins 35,  70,  81,  95,  282 

S.  D.  Jewell 35,  71,  88,  241 .  . 

A.  J.  Johnson 53,  80,  88, 

89,  90,  243,  253.  297 314 

A.  Jones 45,  82,  83, 

102,  119,  120,  159,  170,  201,  215, 

246,  251,  288,  292,  295 306 

T.  H.  Jones 33,  63,  93,  95,  279,  314 


mi 


INDEX. 


\V.  G.  Keady 32,  56,  87,  263 

H.  C.  Keeley 33,  63,  81.  88,  01,  297 

G.  E.  Keithley 81 

C.  C.  Kimball 32,  5!),  86,  181,  272 

M.  E.  Krotzer 35.  70,  !)4.  304 


.62,  00,  03,  201, 


B.  T.  Lacey.  .  . 
J.  Lafferty .... 
S.  VV.  Lambeth 

D.  L.  Lander 32.  50. 

90,  93,  286,  290.  306 

J.  T.  Lapsley 31,  49,  84. 

85,  182,  218,  230,  284.  299,  301, 

W.  J.  Lapsley 

W.  J.  Lee 32,  56.  87, 

C.  E.  Leonard  

J.  T.  Leonard  30,  49,  80,  85,  86.  251, 

F.  Lippe 57,   02, 

C.  Lord 46,  83. 

W.  E.  Loueks 35.  72,  00, 

S.  D.  Loughead 50,   82, 

B.  D.   Luther 81,   00.   93,  290, 

R.  L.  McAfee.  .45,  82.  18.3,  234,  260. 

C.  E.  McCane 

W.  McCaughey 

A.  R.  MeClellan 

S.  T.  McClure 

E.  W.  McClusky 35,  69, 

88,  89,  95,  253.  277.  280.  ....  . 

I.  P.  McCurdy 35,  70,  94,  184, 

A.  McDougall 64,  93, 

J.  C.  McFall 

F.  McFarland 82. 

J.  MeFarland 

J.  A.  P.  McGaw    .  .  .34.  ()7.  95,   185, 

C.  C.  McGinley 35,  73. 

W.  E.  Mack 33,  61,  90, 

J.  L.  McKee   35,  72,  94, 

C.  C.  McKinney 35,  73. 

81,83,  90,  91,  93,  143,  291 

A.  McLaren (i5,  88,  91,  93,  95, 

G.  W.  McMillan 54,  88,  89,  239, 

J.  McMillan.  .119,  120,  123.  154,  159, 

D.  McNaughton 53,  88, 

89,  90,  92,  249 


312 
308 

80 

308 


319 
91 
254 
314 
314 
293 
257 
275 
262 
308 

261 

81 
61 
81 
63 

318 
270 
305 

81 
233 

80 
282 
250 
275 
279 

309 
310 
289 
201 

327 


W.   .AIcKeynolds    

D.  Madeira 72,  83, 

M.   Mann 93, 

W.  Marshal] 112, 

R.  Marquis 34,  65.  95,  185, 

B.  Martin 33.  61. 

90,  91,  230,  274.  275 

M.  Martin 

J.  Matthews 53. 

F.  Matthews 

J.  May 67,  89,  90, 

92,  93,  95,  248,  253,  289,  314.  . 
Mayou 34.    65,  90, 

91,  92,  186,  230 

Mechatt 

S.  Mesmer    51.  87.   186. 

Miller 31,  33,  50,  80,  84,  85, 

90,    91,   92,    93,    105,    127,    147, 

187,    232,    244,    249,    250,    253. 

267,  268,  287  294,  299 

H.  Miller 32,  33,  35,  56,  86. 

87,   93,   94,  266,  273,   275.  278. 

279,  294,  305,  311    

H.  Miller 

C.  Milner 53,  88, 

90,  168,  275,  296 

W.  Milster 33.  82, 

Mitchell 

W.  Mitchell.. 50.  82,  88,  80,  91, 

92,  93,  235,  301.  302.  315.  325, 
L.  Mitchell 

A.  Moflfett 91,  112, 

V.  Montfort 52,  88,  297, 

Montgomery.  .31,   50,  83,  85,   87. 

90,  91,   108,   150.   193,  258.  310. 

312    

.  B.  Montgomery 45.  100,  103, 

Moore   59, 

W.  Morrison 119.  120, 

123,  159,  201 

R.  Morrison 48,  83,  119,  120, 

123,  154,  150.  KiO.  161,  107,  210, 

Morrison 89, 

Morton 82, 

G.  Morton    33,   62,  87, 


82 
259 
314 
242 
311 

281 
242 
129 

m 

315 

251 
219 
324 


303 


317 

81 

324 
92 

81 

328 

8(1 

230 

317 


320 
196 


215 

295 
253 
234 
255 


INDEX, 


3^5 


E.  Muse 31,  52, 

85,  108,  202,  283.  284,  320 32S 

H.  A.  Nelson.  .(>2,  S3.  1(J<».  202.  2.)8.  202 
W.  P.  Nelson.  .  .  .34.  (17.  81.  88.  nO.  275 

A.  W.  Nesbit 01.  312 

W.  M.  Newton 32,  33, 

55,  82,  88.  91,  !)2.   !»4.  05.  207. 

230,  240.  290,  298.  304.  309  320 

F.  Y.  Nichols 81 

E.  P.  Noel 40.  83.   123,  200,  295 

A.  North 88,  237,  317 

C.  D.  Nott 54.  80.  204.  272 

M.  Palmer 102 

A.  H.  Parks 89,  315,  328 

W.  H.  Pawling 30,  48.  83.  257 

H.  M.  Paynter.  .-19.  82.  8.1.  194.  204.  234 
J.  Pierce 82 

B.  Pixlej' 45,   100.   102,  19(i.  205,  250 

J.    Piatt 59 

J.  S.  Poage 57.  92.  242,  243 

W.  M.  Pocock 34.  05.  S7.  200.  290 

F.  Pollock    81 

\V.  G.  Pollock 33.  04.  95,  277,  281 

A.  Pomeroy 45,  82,  233 

J.  N.  Pope 72 

B.  F.  Powelson 

54,  82,  83,  91.  200.   240.  292 

M.  B.  Price 83,  257 

W.  F.  Price 34,  08.  91.  313 

J.  A.  Quarles 83.  84,  287 

W.  S.  Rae 88 

L.  Railsback 57,  89, 

90,  91,  92,  93.  !»4,  95,  207,  2.50, 
253,  274,  275.  292,  304,  314   .  .  .    315 

P.  Read 54.  87,  88,  89,  232,  252 

W.  M.  Read 58,  88,  89, 

91,  92,  93,  235,  289,   302,   309,  326 
R.  S.  Reese.  50.  80,  85,  86,  88,  243, 

285,  319 328 

T.  S.  Reeve    47,  111,  274 

F.  J.  Reicliert 80 


G.  A.  M.  Renshaw 46,  83, 

123,  200,  201 

W.  C.   Requa,  48.  84.  89,   102.   103. 

119,  120,  159,  190,  201,  211,  215, 

B.  W.  Reynolds 

C.  L.  Reynolds   81,  89, 

I.  B.  Ricketts 46,  83, 

120,  12.3,   159.  201 

A.  T.  Robertson .59.  81.  84. 

90,  92,  94,  232.  250,  .301    

W.  H.  Roberts 

W.  H.  Rogers 00,  90, 

J.  M.  Ross 35,  72,  85, 

J.  B.  Ruby 

B.  Ryland 47,  8.3,  12.3, 

J.  W.  Sanderson 94, 

D.  S.  Schaff 32.  00.  85,  213. 

A.  V.  C.  Schenck .  .  30.  48.  80,  82,  284, 

G.  K.  Scott 51.  83, 

W.  Sample 09.  91. 

H.  H.  Shawhan 

E.  B.  Sherwood 110, 

W.  F.  Shields 33,  05, 

93,  95,  112,  247,  148 

H.  M.  Shookley 32.  .58,  87.  .301, 

A.    Shotwell 49, 

W.  Sickles 07.  81. 

93,  95,  247,  289.   310 

A.  C.  V.  Skinner 81,  90. 

J.  J.  Slocom 46. 

G.  Smith 

N.  H.  Smith 52, 

W.  H.  Smith 47,  82, 

83,  119,  120.   159.  201,  214 

G.  B.  Sproule 65,  90, 

91,  92,  93,  94,  95,  2.30,  235 

H.  C.  Stanton 34,  06,  85, 

H.  Strauss 56,  81,  92, 

D.  K.  Steele .33,  62,  85,  215, 

P.  D.  Stephenson 191, 

J.   E.   Stevenson 72,   91,   94, 

J.  R.  Stevenson 34,  65,  81,  91, 

K.  E.  Stringfield 81, 

J.  Stuart 48, 


210 

289 
231 
289 

295 

303 
90 
250 
321 
315 
201 


278 
270 
319 
258 
94 
69 
252 


314 

311 

84 

314 

308 

83 

92 

108 

306 

314 
270 
290 
321 
312 
304 
313 
91 
83 


336 


INDEX. 


C,  Sturdevant 51,  DO.  108,  250.  300 

F.  C.  Schwartz 58,  92,  293 

H.  M.   Sydenstriker 90.  308 

R.  S.  Symington 30,  31, 

47,  83,  84,  85,  91,  148,  21G,  235, 
257,  265,  267,  299 300 

J.  W.  Talbot.  .81.  87,  89,  90,  92,  232,  249 
A.  G.  Taylor 51,  120,  123, 

155,  159 201 

C.  A.  Taylor 242 

J.  C.  Taylor 33,  61, 

89,  94,  95,  278,  280 289 

S     K.   Taylor 80,  242 

W.  G.  Thomas    60 

C'.  L.  Thompson 

32,  60,  86,  171,  221,  272 
J.  Thompson.  .59,  88,  89,  90,  92,  93, 

94,  243,  249.  250,  289,  .304,  313,  314 

■1.  A.  Thompson    81 

.1.  C    Thornton 55,  80,  91,  284,  286 

VV.  F.  Van  der  Lippe 32,  35, 

71,  91,  94,  235 247 

J.  W.  Van  Eman 67,  91,     94 

J.  S.  Van  Meter 35,  71,     87 

A.  K.  Vanorden   70,  81, 

89,  91,  92,  243 253 

J.  B.  Vawter    56,  90,  92,  232, 

249,  315 325 

J.  G.  Venable   .  .91,  92.  93,  230,  302,  309 

W.  E.  Voss 34,  65,  91,  93,  94,  300 

T.   B.   Vrooman 90,  275 


Walker 32,  56,  81,  88, 

90,  222,  241,  247,  254,  297,  314,  317 

W.  Wallace 49,  83,  85,     86 

.  G.  F.  Wallace 91,  312 

,  T.  Wardle 34,  06,  87,  255 

E.  Wardner,  Jr 73,     81 

M.  Ware 33,  63,     87 

P.  Watkins 32,   33,   34,  57, 

86,  88,  89,  90.  91,  92,  93,  94,  95, 
231,  235,  241,  246,  251,  253,263, 
289,  292.  297,  305.  315.  318,  325,  326 

Weatherstone   70,  95,  277 

Weir 46,  201 

H.  Weller 61 

B.  Welty 34,  67,  95,  277 

Wettle 49 

E.  Wheeler 83,  91,  195,  258,  312 

A.   Whitaker 31,   32, 

54.  87,  262,  316 324 

C.  White.  .71,  88,  91,  92,  93,  243,  286 
H.  Wieman.  .33,  61,  81,  93,  287,  305 

W.  Wilkinson 46,     83 

H.  Williamson 34,  68,  94,  264 

A.    Wilson 55 

P.  Wilson 33,  64,  85,  270 

V.  A.  Woods 57,  90,  250 

V.   Worsham 312 

W.  P.  Wyatt 88,  240 

A.  Wvlie 85 


K.  Wachter 


66 


J.  L.  Yantis 45,  82,  83,  85,  91, 

104,  217,  224,  256,  265,  268...   287 

J.  Young 53,  89,  91,  227,  243,  253 

J.   (J.   Young    94 

8.  E.  Younsr 253 


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